Grogan 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
Watonwan County
Watonwan County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,253. Its county seat is St. James.
History
In 1849, the new territorial legislature of the recently organized Minnesota Territory author ...
, in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its so ...
of
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
.
History
Grogan was named in 1890 for Matthew J. Grogan, a pioneer settler. A post office was established at Grogan in 1891, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1932.
References
Unincorporated communities in Watonwan County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
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