Official Name: | Nickerson |
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: | Pine |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Nickerson Township |
Population Total: | 40 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Elevation Ft: | 1152 |
Coordinates: | 46.4108°N -92.4994°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 55749 |
Area Code: | 218 |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 648539 |
Nickerson is an unincorporated community in Nickerson Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located between Sandstone and Duluth along State Highway 23 (MN 23); near the boundary line for Pine and Carlton counties.
The Nemadji River flows through the community. The Nemadji State Forest is nearby. The communities of Duquette, Kerrick and Holyoke are all near Nickerson.
The community of Nickerson in northern Pine County was named after John Quincy Adams Nickerson of Elk River, Minnesota; who promoted the construction of the line of the Great Northern Railway that connected Sandstone to Duluth.[1] Nickerson had a post office from 1895 to 1954.[2]