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]
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]