Riceford, Minnesota

Riceford is an unincorporated community in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.^[1]

History

A post office was established at Riceford in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.^[2] The community was named for Henry Mower Rice, a Minnesota Territory politician who forded Riceford Creek at this place in the 1850s.^[3]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford, Minnesota
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford Post Office (historical)
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 239.

Municipalities and communities of Houston County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Caledonia

Cities	Brownsville Caledonia Eitzen Hokah Houston La Crescent‡ Spring Grove

Townships	Black Hammer Brownsville Caledonia Crooked Creek Hokah Houston Jefferson La Crescent Mayville Money Creek Mound Prairie Sheldon Spring Grove Union Wilmington Winnebago Yucatan

Unincorporated communities	Bee Black Hammer Freeburg Jefferson Money Creek Pine Creek‡ Reno Riceford River Junction Sheldon Willington Grove Wilmington Yucatan

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

Coordinates: 43°34′34″N 91°43′37″W / 43.57611°N 91.72694°W / 43.57611; -91.72694

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