Douglas 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 Olmsted County,

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, United States. The community is located along 75th Street NW (County 14) near its junction with County Road 3. Douglas is located within Kalmar Township and New Haven Township. Nearby places include Oronoco, Rochester, and the Douglas State Trail. The community is about two miles from the city of Rochester. It was named for Harrison Douglas, the original owner of the town site. A post office was established at Douglas in 1878, and remained in operation until 1963.

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Unincorporated communities in Olmsted County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{OlmstedCountyMN-geo-stub