Fruitville, also known locally as Fruthville, 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 Mayhew Lake Township, Benton County,

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, United States. The community is located along Benton County Road 13 at 40th Avenue NE near Sauk Rapids and Foley. In 1901, the community was named for brothers Simon and Peter Fruth, early settlers. The

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has it named as Fruitville.

References

Unincorporated communities in Benton County, Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Minnesota {{BentonCountyMN-geo-stub