Etna 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
Bloomfield Township,
Fillmore County,
Minnesota
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, United States. Etna is located within
ZIP code 55975 based in Spring Valley.
History
A post office previously operated in the community of Etna from 1856 to 1901. The community was named for
Mount Etna
Mount Etna, or simply Etna ( or ; , or ; ; or ), is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina, Italy, Messina and Catania. It is located above the Conve ...
, on Sicily.
Geography
The community is located eight miles southeast of Spring Valley, at the junction of Fillmore County 14 and 153rd Avenue.
U.S. Highway 63 is nearby.
Etna Creek and the
South Branch Root River both flow through the community.
Nearby places in Minnesota include
Spring Valley,
Ostrander,
Le Roy,
Cherry Grove, and
Greenleafton. Nearby places in Iowa include
Chester
Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...
and
Lime Springs.
Etna is located five miles east of Ostrander; and four miles west of Cherry Grove.
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park is also nearby.
References
* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Fillmore County, Minnesota
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