Wannaska 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 Roseau County,

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, United States. The community is located 13 miles south of Roseau on State Highway 89 ( MN 89). Wannaska is located within Grimstad Township and Mickinock Township. Wannaska has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (message), letters and parcel (package), parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post o ...

with ZIP code 56761. Nearby places include

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and Hayes Lake State Park. The South Fork of the Roseau River flows through the community.

History

A post office called Wannaska has been in operation since 1896. According to

Warren Upham Warren Upham (March 8, 1850 – January 29, 1934) was an American geologist, archaeologist, and librarian who is best known for his studies of glacial Lake Agassiz. Biography Warren Upham was born in Amherst, New Hampshire and attended Dartmout ...

, Wannaska is said to be the native

Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

name for the Roseau River. The first organ built by the Moe Pipe Organ Company is located at Riverside Lutheran Church of Wannaska. It was installed in 2000, prior to the official start of the company. The Wannaska School, closed in 2006 and used as the community center until 2011, has since been turned into a motorsport repair business, Mechanical Innovations. After the closing, all area students were added to the

School District. Personal Conversation, Don Wensloff

References

Unincorporated communities in Minnesota Unincorporated communities in Roseau County, Minnesota {{RoseauCountyMN-geo-stub