Official Name: | Bernadotte |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Minnesota |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Nicollet |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Bernadotte Township |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1004 |
Coordinates: | 44.4553°N -94.3011°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 56054 |
Area Code: | 507 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 639970 |
Bernadotte is an unincorporated community in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near Lafayette. The community is located near the junction of Nicollet County Roads 1 and 10.
Bernadotte is the home of Historic Marker: Bernadotte Lutheran Church[1] and Historic Marker: Bernadotte Co-op Creamery.[2]
Bernadotte is also the home of the world's largest collection of cow-related items, amassed by local celebrity and resident Ruth Klossner.[3] This record was officially approved by Guinness World Records on June 9, 2015.[4]
A post office called Bernadotte was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1904.[5] The community was named for Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a French Jacobines leader, later French Marshal, later King Charles XIV of Sweden and Charles III of Norway and founder of the House of Bernadotte.[6]