Greeley 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
Royalton Township,
Pine County,
Minnesota
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, United States.
The community is located west of Rock Creek, at the junction of Greeley Road (Pine County 1) and Clint Road (County 102). State Highway 70 (
MN 70) is nearby. Greeley is located in the southwest corner of Pine County. Rush Lake is nearby.
Nearby places include
Braham
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* Braham (surname)
* Braham, Minnesota, a city in the United States
* Braham Murray (1943–2018), English theatre director
* Braham (''One Piece''), a minor character in the Japanese anime ''One Piece''
See also
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* Bahram ...
,
Rock Creek,
West Rock
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,
Grasston, and
Rush City.
Greeley is located six miles west of Rock Creek, and eight miles northwest of Rush City. Greeley is seven miles east-northeast of Braham, and 10 miles southwest of
Pine City.
The community is named for
Elam Greeley (1818–1882), a lumberman, who was the co-founder of the city of Stillwater, and member of the Minnesota Territorial Legislature in 1851 and 1856.
ZIP codes 55063 (Pine City), 55069 (Rush City), and 55006 (Braham) all meet near Greeley. The boundary line between
Pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...
,
Chisago,
Kanabec, and
Isanti counties is near Greeley.
References
* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Pine County, Minnesota
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