Hader is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...
in
Goodhue County,
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minne ...
, United States.
The community is located at the junction of
U.S. Highway 52, State Highway 57 (
MN 57), and Goodhue County Road 8 (County 8 Boulevard).
Hader is located within
Leon Township and
Wanamingo Township. Nearby places include
Zumbrota,
Wanamingo,
Goodhue,
Minneola Township,
Belle Creek Township, and
Cannon Falls
Cannon Falls is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,083 at the 2010 census. Located along U.S. Route 52, southeast of the Twin Cities, Cannon Falls is the home of Pachyderm Studio, where many famous musici ...
.
ZIP codes 55992 (Zumbrota), 55983 (Wanamingo), 55009 (Cannon Falls), and 55027 (Goodhue) all meet near Hader.
History
When Hader was founded by Otis F. Smith in 1857, it was built in order to be the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or civil parish. The term is in use in Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, Taiwan, and the United States. The equivalent term shire town is used in the US ...
. However, these plans failed, the
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Surveys to show the distance and bea ...
was not fulfilled, and few buildings were built during that time.
References
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Goodhue County, Minnesota
1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory
Populated places established in 1857
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