Pokegama, Minnesota Explained

Official Name:Pokegama
Native Name:Bakegamaang
Native Name Lang:Ojibwe
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:Pokegama Township
Population Total:70
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:932
Coordinates:45.8217°N -93.0483°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:55030 and 55063
Area Code:320
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:649613

Pokegama is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.

The community is located between Pine City and Henriette; near the intersection of Pine County 7 and Pine County 13.[1]

History

Originally an Ojibwa village, Pokegama housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota.[2]

As of 2004, Pokegama held the Minnesota state record low temperature records for March (-49 F in 1897), November (-45 F in 1896), and December (-57 F in 1898).[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/township/pine/pokegama.pdf MnDOT Pokegama Township Map, 2016
  2. Cordes, Jim (1989). Pine County ... and its memories. North Branch: Jim Cordes.
  3. http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/pub/data/special/location.pdf Monthly State Minimum/Maximum Extremes, 2004