Downer, Minnesota

Downer is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Minnesota, United States.^[1]

The community is located between Moorhead and Barnesville at the junction of Minnesota State Highway 9 and County Road 10 (90th Avenue South).^[2]

Interstate 94 is nearby.

Downer contained a post office from 1886 until 1954.^[3] The community was named by the railroad.^[4]

References

↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Downer, Minnesota
↑ Rand McNally Road Atlas - 2007 edition - Minnesota entry
↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Downer Post Office (historical)
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 115.

Municipalities and communities of Clay County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Moorhead

Cities	Barnesville Comstock Dilworth Felton Georgetown Glyndon Hawley Hitterdal Moorhead Sabin Ulen

Townships	Alliance Barnesville Cromwell Eglon Elkton Elmwood Felton Flowing Georgetown Glyndon Goose Prairie Hagen Hawley Highland Grove Holy Cross Humboldt Keene Kragnes Kurtz Moland Moorhead Morken Oakport Parke Riverton Skree Spring Prairie Tansem Ulen Viding

CDPs	Baker Oakport

Unincorporated communities	Averill Downer Finkle Rollag Rustad

Ghost towns	Dale Muskoda Winnipeg Junction

Coordinates: 46°45′15″N 96°29′13″W / 46.75417°N 96.48694°W / 46.75417; -96.48694

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