Official Name: | Heatwole, Minnesota |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | Minnesota#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Heatwole |
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: | Lynn |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1060 |
Coordinates: | 44.8342°N -94.3997°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 55350 |
Area Code: | 320 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 654750 |
Heatwole is an unincorporated community in Lynn Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, southwest of Hutchinson. The community is located along McLeod County Road 18 (150th Street) near County 7.
Walden Avenue is also in the immediate area. Heatwole is the home of the annual Heatwole Threshing Show every second weekend in August.
The community was named for Joel Prescott Heatwole, a newspaper editor and politician, who served as mayor of Northfield, Minnesota from 1894 to 1895. Heatwole served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903.[1]