Official Name: | Fernando, Minnesota |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Fernando |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Minnesota |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | McLeod |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Round Grove |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1060 |
Coordinates: | 44.6517°N -94.4578°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 55385 |
Area Code: | 320 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 643613 |
Fernando is an unincorporated community in Round Grove Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, near Stewart and Brownton. The community is located near the junction of McLeod County Roads 7 and 17.
The community had a post office from 1899 to 1903. Unusually, Fernando's post office was located in the creamery, with the buttermaker, Ferdinand W. Fenske, acting as postmaster. The community was near a station along the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.[1]