Heatwole, Minnesota

Heatwole is an unincorporated community in Lynn Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, southwest of Hutchinson. The community is located along McLeod County Road 18 (150th Street) near County 7.

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Heatwole is located in Minnesota
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Heatwole
Location of the community of Heatwole
within Lynn Township, McLeod County
Heatwole is located in the United States
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Heatwole (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°50′03″N 94°23′59″W
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyMcLeod
TownshipLynn Township
Elevation
1,060 ft (320 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55350
Area code320
GNIS feature ID654750[1]

Walden Avenue is also in the immediate area. Heatwole is the home of the annual Heatwole Threshing Show every second weekend in August.

The community was named for Joel Prescott Heatwole, a newspaper editor and politician, who served as mayor of Northfield, Minnesota from 1894 to 1895. Heatwole served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903.[2]

References

  1. "Heatwole, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 123. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. Retrieved September 29, 2007.


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