Beaver Falls, Minnesota
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Beaver Falls is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in Renville County, in the U.S. state of
Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...
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History

Beaver Falls was
plat In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bear ...
ted in 1866, and named for nearby Beaver Creek. A post office was established at Beaver Falls in 1867, and remained in operation until 1904. Beaver Falls was the original county seat of Renville County. Beaver Falls was listed as incorporated in the 1900 United States Census.http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/volume-1/volume-1-p9.pdf


References

Former municipalities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Renville County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{RenvilleCountyMN-geo-stub