Bernadotte, Minnesota

Bernadotte, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Bernadotte, Minnesota Location of the community of Bernadotte within Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County
Coordinates: 44°27′19″N 94°18′04″W / 44.45528°N 94.30111°WCoordinates: 44°27′19″N 94°18′04″W / 44.45528°N 94.30111°W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Nicollet
Township	Bernadotte Township
Elevation	1,004 ft (306 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	56054
Area code(s)	507
GNIS feature ID	639970[1]

Bernadotte is an unincorporated community in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near Lafayette. The community is located near the junction of Nicollet County Roads 1 and 10.

Bernadotte is the home of Historic Marker: Bernadotte Lutheran Church^[2] and Historic Marker: Bernadotte Co-op Creamery.^[3]

Bernadotte is also the home of the world's largest collection of cow-related items, amassed by local celebrity and resident Ruth Klossner.^[4] This record was officially approved by Guinness World Records on June 9, 2015.^[5]

History

A post office called Bernadotte was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1904.^[6] The community was named for Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a French Jacobines leader, later French Marshal, later King Charles XIV of Sweden and founder of the House of Bernadotte.^[7]

References

1. "Bernadotte, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
2. "Historic Markers: Bernadotte Lutheran Church".
3. "Historic Markers – Bernadotte Co-op Creamery".
4. "Largest collection of cow-related items: Ruth Klossner breaks Guinness World Records' record". www.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
5. "Largest collection of cow-related items". Retrieved 2015-10-03.
6. "Nicollet County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
7. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 372.