Constance was the name of an unincorporated community in
Anoka County
Anoka County ( ) is the fourth-most-populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 363,887. The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word ''an ...
,
Minnesota,
United States. The site of Constance village, now abandoned, is within the present boundaries of the city of
Andover.
History
Constance was founded in section 13 of the former Grow Township prior to 1897, and had a post office from 1897 to 1955.
Constance formerly had a station along the former
Burlington Northern Railroad
The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a Mergers and acquisitions, merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996.
Its historical lineage begins in the e ...
. Little trace of Constance itself remains, and Grow Township incorporated as the city of
Andover in 1973, but Constance Boulevard remains a main two-lane roadway in the local area.
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Neighborhoods in Minnesota
Geography of Anoka County, Minnesota
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