Ball Club, Minnesota

Ball Club, Minnesota
Census-designated place (CDP) and Unincorporated community
Ball Club, Minnesota Location of the community of Ball Club within Itasca County
Coordinates: 47°19′33″N 93°56′10″W / 47.32583°N 93.93611°W / 47.32583; -93.93611Coordinates: 47°19′33″N 93°56′10″W / 47.32583°N 93.93611°W / 47.32583; -93.93611
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Itasca
Area^[1]
• Total	2.764 sq mi (7.16 km²)
• Land	2.764 sq mi (7.16 km²)
• Water	0 sq mi (0 km²)
Elevation	1,302 ft (397 m)
Population (2010)^[2]
• Total	342
• Density	120/sq mi (48/km²)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	655201^[3]

Ball Club is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States; located within the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. As of the 2010 census, its population was 342.^[2] Ball Club is located between Grand Rapids and Cass Lake.

The center of Ball Club is generally considered at the junction of U.S. Highway 2 and Itasca County Road 39. Ball Club is located 21 miles west of Grand Rapids.

Ball Club received its name from a type of Native American lacrosse stick.^[4] The majority of the community is populated by Native Americans of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

Ball Club's small economy includes a general store and gas station. The community also includes two churches, a clinic, a Headstart office, a community center, and a water tower.

The Mississippi River surrounds Ball Club on both the East and West side of the community. The boundary line between Itasca and Cass counties is in the vicinity.

Rosanna Catherine Payne served as the postmistress for Ball Club; Payne served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1927 to 1932.^[5]

References

↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on September 11, 2013. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
↑ "Ball Club, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Baker, Lawrence B. (Jul 14, 1969). "Rodney, Oscar, Cecil, Esther Surround Us". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 23. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
↑ 'Mrs. R. Payne Dies; Former State Legislator,' Minneapolis Star, November 1, 1954, pg. 17

Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
Mn/DOT map of Itasca County – Sheet 2 – 2011 edition

Municipalities and communities of Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Grand Rapids
Cities	Bigfork Bovey Calumet Cohasset Coleraine Deer River Effie Grand Rapids Keewatin La Prairie Marble Nashwauk Squaw Lake Taconite Warba Zemple
Townships	Alvwood Arbo Ardenhurst Balsam Bearville Bigfork Blackberry Bowstring Carpenter Deer River Feeley Good Hope Goodland Grand Rapids Grattan Greenway Harris Iron Range Kinghurst Lake Jessie Lawrence Liberty Lone Pine Marcell Max Moose Park Morse Nashwauk Nore Oteneagen Pomroy Sago Sand Lake Spang Splithand Stokes Third River Trout Lake Wabana Wawina Wildwood Wirt
Unorganized territories	Bowstring Lake Deer Lake Effie Little Sand Lake Northeast Itasca
CDPs	Ball Club Inger
Unincorporated communities	Alvwood Bass Lake Bear River Bergville Blackberry Bowstring Dora Lake Dunbar Goodland Grattan Houpt Jessie Lake Mack Marcell Martin Max Orth Pengilly Pomroy Rosy Spring Lake Suomi Swan River Talmoon Togo Wawina Wirt
Indian reservations	Deer Creek Indian Reservation‡ Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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