Radium, Minnesota Explained

Official Name:Radium, Minnesota
Pushpin Map:Minnesota#USA
Pushpin Label:Radium
Pushpin Label Position:right
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Minnesota
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Marshall
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Comstock
Population Total:20
Timezone:Central (CST)
Utc Offset:-6
Timezone Dst:CDT
Utc Offset Dst:-5
Elevation Ft:925
Coordinates:48.2294°N -96.6136°W
Area Code:218
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:649789

Radium is an unincorporated community in section 19 of Comstock Township, Marshall County, Minnesota, United States.[1] It was built alongside the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad (Soo Line Railroad) branch line built in 1905 from Thief River Falls, Minnesota, to Kenmare, North Dakota. (This line still operates under the aegis of the Northern Plains Railroad.) The place was named for the element radium.[2] Radium had its own post office from 1905 to 1984.[3] Since 1984, Radium has been served by the post office in Warren. It is also on the Warren telephone exchange and part of the Warren-Alvarado-Oslo school district. The townsite is being slowly reclaimed for use as farmland. There is still a large grain elevator on the railroad line south of the townsite. A small Lutheran church south of the town antedates the coming of the railroad; Immanuel Lutheran Church (LCMS) was organized in 1897.

Notes

  1. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/county/marshall1.pdf Minnesota Department of Transportation-Marshall County
  2. Book: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. 1920. Minnesota Historical Society. 330.
  3. Web site: Marshall County . Jim Forte Postal History . 13 July 2015.