Green Valley is an
unincorporated community in
Fairview Township,
Lyon County,
Minnesota, United States.
The community is located between the cities of
Marshall and
Cottonwood near the junction of Minnesota State Highway 23 (
MN 23
Minnesota State Highway 23 (MN 23) is a state highway that stretches from southwestern to northeastern Minnesota. At in length, it is the second longest state route in Minnesota, after MN 1.
This route, signed east–west, runs roughl ...
) and Lyon County State-Aid Highway 8.
History
Green Valley was
platted in 1888, and named for its location in the green valley of the
Redwood River
The Redwood River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, long, in southwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the drainage basin, watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in an agricultural r ...
. A post office was established in Green Valley in 1889, and remained in operation until 1964.
References
* Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2013/2014 edition
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Lyon County, Minnesota
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