Leaf River, or Leafriver, is a ghost town in section 22 of Leaf River Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.Today the town has a population around 50. There is a restaurant, a golf course, an old school house and a residential community.
The village of Leaf River had a post office from 1880 until 1882, and again from 1902 until 1908.[1] It was served by a station of the Great Northern Railway.[2]
The village received its name from the Leaf River, which was in turn named for the Leaf Mountains, which were called by the Ojibwa Gaaskibag-wajiwan.[3] This name was translated by Gilfillan as "Rustling Leaf Mountains."
. Warren Upham. Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Minnesota Historical Society. 2001. Saint Paul, Minnesota. 607. 0-87351-396-7.
. Warren Upham. Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Minnesota Historical Society. 2001. Saint Paul, Minnesota. 425, 433. 0-87351-396-7.