Klondyke is an

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in Irondale Township,

Crow Wing County Crow Wing County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,123. Its county seat is Brainerd. The county was formed in 1857, and was organized in 1870. Crow Wing County i ...

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, United States. The community lies just south of County Route 12 and on the north shore of Lookout Lake. It lies approximately three miles south of

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and Ironton. A post office called Klondike was in operation from 1897 until 1907. The name is an allusion to the Klondike Gold Rush, as Crow Wing County is also a mining region.

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