Official Name: | Cannon City |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Minnesota |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Rice County |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Cannon City Township |
Population Total: | 110 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1204 |
Coordinates: | 44.3292°N -93.2114°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 55021 |
Area Code: | 507 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 640869 |
Cannon City is an unincorporated community in Cannon City Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, five miles northeast of Faribault.
The community is located at the junction of Rice County Road 20 (Cannon City Boulevard) and Crystal Lake Trail.
Cannon City was platted in 1855, and named after the nearby Cannon River.[1]
The community of Cannon City was the model for Metropolisville in the novel The Mystery of Metropolisville by Edward Eggleston.[2]