Assumption, Minnesota

Assumption is an unincorporated community in Carver and Sibley Counties, Minnesota, United States.

Assumption
Unincorporated community
Signpost for Assumption
Signpost for Assumption
Assumption is located in Minnesota
Assumption
Assumption
Location of the community of Assumption
within Minnesota
Assumption is located in the United States
Assumption
Assumption
Assumption (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°41′17″N 93°53′20″W
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesCarver and Sibley
TownshipHancock Township and Washington Lake Township
Elevation
1,010 ft (310 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55338 and 55368
Area codes507 and 952
GNIS feature ID639488[1]

The community is located eight miles east-northeast of Green Isle. Nearby places also include Hamburg, Norwood Young America, Bongards, Cologne, and Belle Plaine. The community is home to the Assumption State Wildlife Management Area.

Assumption is located within Hancock Township in Carver County; and also located within Washington Lake Township in Sibley County.

History

A post office previously operated in Assumption from 1881 to 1906.[2] Assumption took its name from a Roman Catholic church of the same name.[3]

References
  1. "Assumption, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. "Carver County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 81.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.