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Freeborn County, Minnesota
Freeborn County is a county in the state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,895. Its county seat is Albert Lea. Freeborn County comprises the Albert Lea Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Freeborn County was created on February 20, 1855, the territory being separated from Blue Earth and Rice Counties. Twelve other Minnesota counties were created the same day by the Minnesota Territorial Legislature. Freeborn County was named for William Freeborn, an early Minnesota pioneer, merchant, and territorial legislator. Geography Freeborn County lies on Minnesota's border with Iowa. The Shell Rock River flows southward from Albert Lea Lake in central Freeborn County, crossing into Iowa. Turtle Creek flows eastward through the upper eastern part of the county, crossing into Mower County. The terrain is hilly and etched with drainages and gullies. The Le Sueur River, a tributary of the Minnesota River, begins in the northern part of the county and flows ...
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William Freeborn
William Freeborn (December 13, 1816 – June 3, 1900) was a pioneer in Minnesota, Montana, and California. Freeborn County, Minnesota is named in his honor. Pioneer Born in Richland County, Ohio, in 1816, Freeborn moved to Saint Paul, Minnesota in 1848. By 1853 Freeborn had relocated to Red Wing, Minnesota. According to Warren Upham, Freeborn "had large interests, as also at Cannon Falls." From Red Wing, Freeborn moved to Montana, where he spent a season as a gold miner in the Rocky Mountains. In 1868 Freeborn arrived in Santa Margarita, California Santa Margarita (Spanish for " St. Margaret") is a unincorporated community located in San Luis Obispo County, California. It was founded in 1889 near Cuesta Peak and San Luis Obispo along today's State Route 58. The town's name comes from the ..., where he settled on a ranch. Back in Minnesota, Thomas Newson wrote of Freeborn, "He was a man of progressive and speculative ideas, energetic, always scheming, and had a happy fa ...
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Mankato, Minnesota
Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The population was 44,488 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List of cities in Minnesota, 21st-largest city in Minnesota, and the 4th-largest outside of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. It is along a large bend of the Minnesota River at its confluence with the Blue Earth River. Mankato is across the Minnesota River from North Mankato, Minnesota, North Mankato. Mankato and North Mankato have a combined population of 58,763 according to the 2020 census. It completely encompasses the town of Skyline, Minnesota, Skyline. North of Mankato Regional Airport, a tiny non-contiguous part of the city lies within Le Sueur County. Most of the city is in Blue Earth County. Mankato is the larger of the two principal ...
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Minnesota State Highway 109
Minnesota State Highway 109 (MN 109) is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its Intersection (road), intersection with U.S. Route 169 in Minnesota, U.S. Highway 169 in Winnebago, Minnesota, Winnebago and continues east to its eastern terminus at its Interchange (road), interchange with Interstate 90 in Minnesota, Interstate 90 in Alden, Minnesota, Alden. Highway 109 passes through the cities of Winnebago, Minnesota, Winnebago, Wells, Minnesota, Wells, and Alden, Minnesota, Alden. Route description Highway 109 serves as an east–west route in south-central Minnesota between Winnebago, Minnesota, Winnebago, Delavan, Minnesota, Delavan, Easton, Minnesota, Easton, Wells, Minnesota, Wells, and Alden, Minnesota, Alden. Highway 109 runs Concurrency (road), concurrent with Minnesota State Highway 22, State Highway 22 on ''2nd Avenue NW'' in the city of Wells for two blocks. The route is also known as ''South Broadway'' in Alden. Highway 109, together with Sta ...
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MN-109
MN1, MN 1, or MN-1 may be: * Minnesota State Highway 1 * Ulaanbaatar, ISO 3166-2 geocode for the capital of Mongolia * Minnesota's 1st congressional district * The ''MN1'' gene on human chromosome 22 * MN 1 (biostratigraphic zone), a biostratigraphic Biostratigraphy is the branch of stratigraphy which focuses on correlating and assigning relative ages of rock strata by using the fossil assemblages contained within them.Hine, Robert. "Biostratigraphy." ''Oxford Reference: Dictionary of Biology ...
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Minnesota State Highway 13
Minnesota State Highway 13 (MN 13) is a highway in Minnesota that runs from its Intersection (road), intersection with U.S. Route 65, U.S. Highway 65 in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Albert Lea to its northern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota State Highway 149, State Highway 149 at the West St. Paul, Minnesota, West St. Paul / Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul city boundary line. Route description State Highway 13 serves as a north–south route between Albert Lea, Waseca, Prior Lake, Savage, Burnsville, Eagan, Mendota Heights, West St. Paul, and the "West Side" neighborhood of Saint Paul. The southern terminus of the route is at the Intersection (road), intersection of Main Street and Broadway Avenue (U.S. Route 65, U.S. 65 / Business Loop 35) in the city of Albert Lea. The northern terminus of Highway 13 is at the intersection of Annapolis Street and Smith Avenue (Minnesota State Highway 149, Highway 149) at the West St. Paul / Saint Paul city boundary line. Highwa ...
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US 69
U.S. Route 69 (US 69) is a major north–south United States highway in the central United States. When it was first created, it was only long, but it has since been expanded into a Minnesota to Texas cross-country route. The highway's southern terminus (as well as those of U.S. Route 287, US-287 and U.S. Route 96, US-96) is in Port Arthur, Texas at an intersection with Texas State Highway 87, State Highway 87. Its northern terminus is in Albert Lea, Minnesota, Albert Lea, Minnesota at Minnesota State Highway 13. Route description Texas US-69 begins at its southern terminus with Texas State Highway 87, SH-87 in Port Arthur. This intersection is also the southern terminus for US 96, US-96 and US 287, US-287, which are concurrent with US-69. US-69, US-96, and US-287 continue in a northwest, then west, route until its intersection with Interstate 10 in Texas, I-10 in southern Beaumont, Texas, Beaumont. At this intersection, US-69, US-96, and US-287 merge with I-10. I-10 ...
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US 65
U.S. Route 65 (US 65) is a north–south United States highway in the southern and midwestern United States. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 425 in Clayton, Louisiana. The northern terminus is at Interstate 35 just south of Interstate 90 in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Parts of its modern route in Iowa and historic route in Minnesota follow the old Jefferson Highway. Route description Louisiana U.S. 65 begins in Clayton, Louisiana and proceeds northward to Waterproof, St. Joseph, and Newellton, all in Tensas Parish. At Newellton, it intersects Louisiana State Highway 4, coming from the west. In Tallulah, it intersects Interstate 20, and approximately 30 miles north of this intersection it enters Arkansas. Arkansas US 65 enters the southeast corner of Arkansas just north of Gassoway, Louisiana. It is designated as part of Arkansas' Great River Road from this point north through Lake Village, McGehee, and Dumas. The Great River Road continues east onto US ...
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Interstate 90 In Minnesota
Interstate 90 (I-90) in the US state of Minnesota runs for across the southern side of the state, parallel to the Iowa state line. The route connects the cities of Worthington, Minnesota, Worthington, Albert Lea, Minnesota, Albert Lea, Austin, Minnesota, Austin, and Rochester, Minnesota, Rochester. The city of Winona, Minnesota, Winona is also in close proximity to I-90, with about between the Interstate and the city. Route description I-90 enters the state from South Dakota near Beaver Creek, Minnesota, Beaver Creek. This part of Minnesota has flat to gently rolling terrain and is the beginnings of Corn Belt farmland. The flat terrain is often subject to blowing and drifting snow in colder months, and the western portions of the highway are closed multiple times each winter. Rock County, Minnesota, Rock County, where I-90 enters Minnesota, is one of the only counties in the state lacking a natural lake. The route passes through the cities of Luverne, Minnesota, Luverne ...
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I-90
Interstate 90 (I-90) is an east–west transcontinental freeway and the longest Interstate Highway in the United States at . It begins in Seattle, Washington, and travels through the Pacific Northwest, Mountain states, Mountain West, Great Plains, Midwestern United States, Midwest, and the Northeastern United States, Northeast, ending in Boston, Massachusetts. The highway serves 13 states and has 15 List of auxiliary Interstate Highways, auxiliary routes, primarily in major cities such as Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, and Rochester, New York, Rochester. I-90 begins at Washington State Route 519 in Seattle and crosses the Cascade Range in Washington and the Rocky Mountains in Montana. It then traverses the northern Great Plains and travels southeast through Wisconsin and the Chicago area by following the southern shore of Lake Michigan. The freeway continues across Indiana and follows the shore of Lake Erie through Ohio and Pennsylvania to Buffalo. I-90 travels ...
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Interstate 35 In Minnesota
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a north–south Interstate Highway that stretches from Laredo, Texas, to Duluth, Minnesota. In the US state of Minnesota, I-35 enters from Iowa and heads north toward the twin cities of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul. South of the metropolitan area, I-35 splits into two branches; I-35E runs through Saint Paul and I-35W through Minneapolis. These two branches rejoin north of the Twin Cities, and the highway continues north to Duluth, where it terminates at Minnesota State Highway 61, State Highway 61 (MN 61). The highway was authorized in 1956 and the first segment opened in 1958. It reached Duluth in 1971, and the final segment to east Duluth opened in 1992. Route description I-35 enters the state from Iowa near Albert Lea, Minnesota, Albert Lea. It heads roughly due north toward the Twin Cities, where it splits into Interstate 35E (Minnesota), I-35E and Interstate 35W (Minnesota), I-35W. The two h ...
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I-35
Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexico–United States border, Mexican border to Duluth, Minnesota, at Minnesota State Highway 61 (MN 61, London Road) and 26th Avenue East. The highway splits into Interstate 35E (other), I-35E and Interstate 35W (other), I-35W in two separate places, the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas and at the Minnesota twin cities of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. At , I-35 is the ninth-longest Interstate Highway following Interstate 94, I-94, and it is the third-longest north–south Interstate Highway, following Interstate 75, I-75 and Interstate 95, I-95. Even though the route is generally considered to be a Pan-American Highway, border-to-border highway, this highway does not directly connect to either international border. I-35 ...
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