Berne, Minnesota
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Berne is an
unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in Milton Township,
Dodge County, Minnesota Dodge County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 20,867 as of the 2020 census. Its county seat is Mantorville. Dodge County is part of the Rochester, MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. History The area of present ...
, United States. The community is located near the junction of State Highway 57 ( MN 57) and Dodge County Road 24. The Middle Fork of the
Zumbro River The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota in the United States. It is longU.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, acces ...
flows nearby.


History

A post office called Berne was established in 1858, and remained in operation until 1902. The community was named after
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, in Switzerland.


References

Unincorporated communities in Dodge County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{DodgeCountyMN-geo-stub