Leaf River, Minnesota

Leaf River, or Leafriver, is a ghost town in section 22 of Leaf River Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.Today the town has a population around 50. There is a restaurant, a golf course, and a residential community.

History

The village of Leaf River had a post office from 1880 until 1882, and again from 1902 until 1908.^[1] It was served by a station of the Great Northern Railway.^[2]

Etymology

The village received its name from the Leaf River, which was in turn named for the Leaf Mountains, which were called by the Ojibwa Gaaskibag-wajiwan.^[2] This name was translated by Gilfillan as "Rustling Leaf Mountains."

Notes

↑ "Wadena County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
1 2 Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, Minnesota: Minnesota Historical Society. p. 607. ISBN 0-87351-396-7.

Municipalities and communities of Wadena County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Wadena

Cities	Aldrich Menahga Nimrod Sebeka Staples‡ Verndale Wadena‡

Townships	Aldrich Blueberry Bullard Huntersville Leaf River Lyons Meadow North Germany Orton Red Eye Rockwood Shell River Thomastown Wadena Wing River

Unincorporated communities	Bluegrass Huntersville

Ghost towns	Leaf River Shell City

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 46°29′19″N 95°04′54″W / 46.48861°N 95.08167°W / 46.48861; -95.08167

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