Kanaranzi ( ) 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
Kanaranzi Township,
Rock County,
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 ...
, United States. Kanaranzi is southeast of
Luverne. Kanaranzi had a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...
, which opened on December 30, 1886 and closed on July 4, 1992. In 2011, the
Minnesota Department of Transportation
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT, ) oversees transportation by all modes including land, water, air, rail, walking and bicycling in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The cabinet-level agency is responsible for maintaining the state' ...
estimated its population to be 70. Kanaranzi 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 1885, and named after nearby
Kanaranzi Creek.
References
External links
HomeTownLocator Map of Kanaranzi, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Rock County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Dakota toponyms
1885 establishments in Minnesota
Populated places established in 1885
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