Larsmont, Minnesota

Larsmont is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota, United States, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It is five miles southwest of Two Harbors on the North Shore Scenic Drive (County 61).

Larsmont, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Larsmont is located in Minnesota
Larsmont
Larsmont
Location in Minnesota
Larsmont is located in the United States
Larsmont
Larsmont
Location in the United States
Coordinates: 46°58′45″N 91°44′45″W
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyLake
Elevation
666 ft (203 m)
Population
 • Total110
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
55616
Area code218
GNIS feature ID656953[1]

Larsmont is within Lake No. 2 Unorganized Territory of Lake County.

History

Larsmont was first settled in 1888 at Milepost 22 on the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad.[2] It was founded by Finland-Swedish immigrants from Larsmo, Ostrobothnia. They originally requested to name the town Larsmo, but officials did not approve and instead chose the name Larsmont.[3][4] Later residents came from Munsala in Nykarleby, Finland.[5]

On October 12, 1918, part of the great 1918 Cloquet Fire burned down the hillside as far as the railroad tracks. People who lived on the hillside took refuge in homes along the lakeshore. Six cars of Home Guards came from Two Harbors to help fight the fire.[6]

A post office was established in 1916. In 1963, Larsmont was assigned ZIP code 55610. The ZIP code was retired on November 1, 1978, and the post office closed.[7] Larsmont is now covered by ZIP code 55616, based in Two Harbors.

References
  1. "Larsmont, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Norgard, Irene Hill, Larsmont Yesterday, 1980
  3. Sundman, Sara. "Följ med HBL till finlandssvenska Larsmont i Minnesota!". www.hbl.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. Alanen, Arnold R. (2012). Finns in Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-854-3. OCLC 769430592.
  5. Myhrman, Anders (1972). Finlandssvenskar i Amerika [The Finland-Swedes in America] (in Swedish). Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. p. 267. ISBN 9789519017044.
  6. Norgard, Irene Hill, Larsmont Yesterday, 1980, p34
  7. Norgard, Irene Hill, Larsmont Yesterday, 1980, p13


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