Graceton, Minnesota Explained

Official Name:Graceton, Minnesota
Pushpin Map:Minnesota#USA
Pushpin Label:Graceton
Pushpin Label Position:left
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Minnesota
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Lake of the Woods
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:McDougald
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:1135
Coordinates:48.7411°N -94.8364°W
Area Code:218
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:644307

Graceton is an unincorporated community in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located west of Baudette on Minnesota Highway 11 at the intersection with Lake of the Woods County Road 4. It once had a station on the Canadian Pacific line, but is now a whistle stop.

Graceton was largely burned to the ground in the Baudette Fire of 1910.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Fire of 1910 . Lake of the Woods County Historical Society . 2009-06-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713182227/http://www.lakeofthewoodshistoricalsociety.com/history7.html . 2011-07-13 . dead .