Dickinson, Minnesota

Dickinson is a ghost town in Wright County, Minnesota, United States.

Location

Dickinson is located at a bend in Minnesota State Highway 55 on the east side of Wright County, between the cities of Rockford and Buffalo.

History

Dickinson was named for the farmer, A.C. Dickinson, the original owner of the town site.^[1] The town had a station of the Soo Line Railroad.^[1] Today, little trace remains of the town, though the state has erected a sign indicating where the town was, and the dirt streets of the town are still navigable by car. Building foundations are said to remain but are not visible to the naked eye. The town was entirely abandoned by the end of the 1930s.

Notes

1 2 Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 640. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

Municipalities and communities of Wright County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Buffalo

Cities	Albertville Annandale Buffalo Clearwater‡ Cokato Dayton‡ Delano Hanover‡ Howard Lake Maple Lake Monticello Montrose Otsego Rockford‡ St. Michael South Haven Waverly

Townships	Albion Buffalo Chatham Clearwater Cokato Corinna Franklin French Lake Maple Lake Marysville Middleville Monticello Rockford Silver Creek Southside Stockholm Victor Woodland

CDP	Silver Creek

Unincorporated communities	Albion Center Albright Enfield French Lake Hasty Highland Knapp Oster Rassat Rice Lake Smith Lake Stockholm West Albion

Ghost town	Dickinson

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

Coordinates: 45°6′51″N 93°48′29″W / 45.11417°N 93.80806°W / 45.11417; -93.80806

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