Hay Creek 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
Hay Creek Township,
Goodhue County,
Minnesota
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, United States.
The community is located at the junction of State Highway 58 (
MN 58), Hay Creek Trail, and 315th Street.
Hay Creek flows through the community. Nearby places include
Red Wing,
Goodhue,
Belvidere Mills,
Frontenac, and
Lake City
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.
Hay Creek was once a station on the
Chicago Great Western Railway
The Chicago Great Western Railway was a Class I railroad that linked Chicago, Minneapolis, Omaha, and Kansas City. It was founded by Alpheus Beede Stickney in 1885 as a regional line between St. Paul and the Iowa state line called the Minnesot ...
between
Red Wing and
Rochester, Minnesota
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.
Photograph of Hay Creek depot
Goodhue County Historical Society (1916) The abandoned railroad right-of-way is being developed as the Goodhue Pioneer State Trail.
References
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Goodhue County, Minnesota
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