Burr, Minnesota

Burr is an unincorporated community in Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.^[1]

History

Burr was originally called Stanley, and under the latter name was platted by the railroad in 1886.^[2] The current name is for Burr Anderson, an early settler.^[2]

A post office was established as Burr in 1894; it was closed in 1953.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Burr, Minnesota
1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
↑ "Yellow Medicine County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Granite Falls

Cities	Canby Clarkfield Echo Granite Falls‡ Hanley Falls Hazel Run Porter St. Leo Wood Lake

Townships	Burton Echo Florida Fortier Friendship Hammer Hazel Run Lisbon Minnesota Falls Norman Normania Omro Oshkosh Posen Sandnes Sioux Agency Stony Run Swede Prairie Tyro Wergeland Wood Lake

Indian reservation	Upper Sioux Indian Reservation

Unincorporated community	Burr Lorne

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 44°44′54″N 96°21′33″W / 44.74833°N 96.35917°W / 44.74833; -96.35917

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