Essig 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
Brown County, Minnesota
Brown County is a County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 25,912. Its county seat is New Ulm, Minnesota, New Ulm. The county was formed in 1855 and or ...
, United States. Essig is located on
U.S. Route 14, west of
New Ulm. Essig has a
post office
A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...
with
ZIP code 56030.
History
A post office called Essig has been in operation since 1886. The community was named for one of the Essig brothers who had built the first business there.
Demographics
References
Unincorporated communities in Brown County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
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