Cloverton 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 New Dosey Township, Pine County,

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, United States. The community is located east of Sandstone; at the junction of Cloverton Road (Pine County 31) and Rutabaga Road (County 32). The

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passes through Cloverton. Hay Creek and the Upper Tamarack River are both nearby. Cloverton is located near the Minnesota–

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state line. Nearby places in Minnesota include Markville, Kingsdale, and

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. Nearby places in Wisconsin include Cozy Corner, Dairyland, and

Danbury Danbury ( ) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest ...

. Cloverton is located 28 miles east of

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; and 23 miles east of

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. Cloverton is four miles west of Cozy Corner, WI; and nine miles west-southwest of Dairyland. Douglas County Road T is nearby. The Nemadji State Forest and the Saint Croix State Forest are both nearby. Cloverton is 32 miles northeast of Cloverdale; and 18 miles north of Danbury. The community is located within ZIP code 55072 based in Sandstone.

History

Cloverton was named for wild

clover Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversit ...

in the area or for the Red Clover Land Company, a major landowner in the township in 1916. The

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opened in the community in 1911. A

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operated in Cloverton from 1912 until 1972.

References

* Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry * Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Pine County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota