Bruce, Minnesota
Bruce was the name of a town in Rock County, Minnesota, Rock County, Minnesota, United States, USA. The town has been completely abandoned, and no trace of it remains. History The town of Bruce was plotted in May 1888 as a 16-city block town. The originally proposed name was Martin, in honor of Martin Township, Rock County, Minnesota, Martin Township. When settlers arrived, it was named Bruce, after a railroad official. The town began primarily as the home of a station on the Illinois Central Railroad. During its first year, the town contained a hotel, a saloon, several stores, and a blacksmith shop, but the boom of activity was short-lived. Most of the town's businesses and residences were relocated a mile and a half east to the town of Hills, Minnesota, Hills when the Sioux City and Northern Railroad extended its line from Sioux City, Iowa to Garretson, South Dakota in 1890, bypassing Bruce and creating a rail intersection in Hills, Minnesota, Hills. The town faded soon af ...
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Rock County, Minnesota
Rock County is a County (United States), county at the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,704. Its county seat is Luverne, Minnesota, Luverne. History The county was formed on May 23, 1857, by act of the territorial legislature, but was not organized at that time. The area was designated ''Pipestone County'', and the name ''Rock County'' was attached to the present Pipestone County, Minnesota, Pipestone. In 1862 the Minnesota state legislature changed the designations, attaching the present names to the present counties. On March 5, 1870, the state legislature approved an act that finalized the county's organization and designated Luverne as the county seat. The county's name came from the Rock River (Big Sioux River), Rock River, which in turn is named for a prominent rocky outcrop (designated "The Rock" on an 1843 map of the area) of reddish-gray quartzite, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Luve ...
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