Taft is an

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in Grand Lake Township, Saint Louis County,

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, United States. The community is located 24 miles northwest of the city of

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at the junction of Saint Louis County Road 15 (Munger Shaw Road) and Saint Louis County Road 48 (Taft Road). Taft is located within the

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in Saint Louis County. Fredenberg Township is also in the area.

History

The community of Taft is named after former

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William Howard Taft William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected pr ...

, who held the office from 1909 to 1913. Taft was once a water stop for trains traveling along the former Northeastern Railway in Saint Louis County. Although buildings such as the Depot, old schoolhouse, and railroad crew section house are no longer in existence; their imprints can still be seen. Just opposite of the Ush-kab-wan River from Taft, was the community of Crysler, which no longer exists.

References

* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition Unincorporated communities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in St. Louis County, Minnesota {{StLouisCountyMN-geo-stub