Groningen 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 Dell Grove Township, Pine County,

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, United States. The community is located immediately northwest of

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; near the intersection of Pine County 35, Pine County 28 (Groningen Road), and the former

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(now the

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History

Located in the northeast corner of Dell Grove Township, Groningen is named after a northeast province of the

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and that province's eponymous capital city. The community was originally known as ''Miller Station''. When it had a post office, it was known as ''Belknap'' from 1877 to 1881, and then Groningen, from 1896 to 1913, and again from 1917 to 1954.

References

* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition Unincorporated communities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Pine County, Minnesota {{PineCountyMN-geo-stub