Sax, Minnesota

Sax, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
Sax, Minnesota Location of the community of Sax within McDavitt Township, Saint Louis County
Coordinates: 47°12′42″N 92°36′11″W / 47.21167°N 92.60306°W / 47.21167; -92.60306Coordinates: 47°12′42″N 92°36′11″W / 47.21167°N 92.60306°W / 47.21167; -92.60306
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Saint Louis
Township	McDavitt Township
Elevation	1,309 ft (399 m)
Population
• Total	10
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	55738
Area code(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	662374^[1]

Sax is an unincorporated community in McDavitt Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

Geography

The community is located 9 miles northwest of Cotton at the intersection of Saint Louis County Highway 7 (CR 7) and County Road 28 (Sax Road). County Road 52 (Arkola Road) is nearby.

History

A post office called Sax was established in 1916, and remained in operation until 1930.^[2] The community was named for Solomon Saxe, an original owner of the town site.^[3]

References

↑ "Sax, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "St. Louis County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 489.

Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition

Municipalities and communities of St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Duluth

Cities	Aurora Babbitt Biwabik Brookston Buhl Chisholm Cook Duluth Ely Eveleth Floodwood Gilbert Hermantown Hibbing Hoyt Lakes Iron Junction Kinney Leonidas McKinley Meadowlands Mountain Iron Orr Proctor Rice Lake Tower Virginia Winton

Townships	Alango Alborn Alden Angora Arrowhead Ault Balkan Bassett Beatty Biwabik Breitung Brevator Camp 5 Canosia Cedar Valley Cherry Clinton Colvin Cotton Crane Lake Culver Duluth Eagles Nest Ellsburg Elmer Embarrass Fairbanks Fayal Field Fine Lakes Floodwood Fredenberg French Gnesen Grand Lake Great Scott Greenwood Halden Industrial Kabetogama Kelsey Kugler Lakewood Lavell Leiding Linden Grove McDavitt Meadowlands Midway Morcom Morse Ness New Independence Normanna North Star Northland Owens Pequaywan Pike Portage Prairie Lake Sandy Solway Stoney Brook Sturgeon Toivola Van Buren Vermilion Lake Waasa White Willow Valley Wuori

CDPs	Mahnomen Nett Lake Soudan

Unincorporated communities	Alborn Angora Ash Lake Bassett Bear River Bengal Brimson Britt Burnett Burntside Buyck Canyon Celina Central Lakes Cherry Clover Valley Cotton Crane Lake Culver Cusson Eldes Corner Elmer Embarrass Fairbanks Florenton Forbes Four Corners French River Gheen Gheen Corner Glendale Gowan Greaney Idington Independence Island Lake Kabetogama Keenan Kelsey Linden Grove Makinen Maney Markham McComber Meadow Brook Melrude Munger Palmers Palo Paupores Payne Peary Petrel Peyla Prosit Ramshaw Robinson Rollins Saginaw Sax Shaw Sherman Corner Side Lake Silica Skibo Sturgeon Taft Toivola Twig Vermilion Dam Wahlsten Wakemup Whiteface Wolf Zim

Unorganized territories	Angleworm Bear Head Lake Birch Lake Camp A Lake Crab Lake Dark River Gheen Hay Lake Heikkala Lake Hush Lake Janette Lake Leander Lake Linwood Lake Marion Lake McCormack Mud Hen Lake Nett Lake Northeast St. Louis Northwest St. Louis Pfeiffer Lake Picket Lake Potshot Lake Sand Lake Slim Lake Sturgeon River Sunday Lake Tikander Lake Whiteface Reservoir

Former CDP	Arnold

Ghost towns	Costin Village Elcor Fermoy Spina

Indian reservations	Fond du Lac Indian Reservation‡ Lake Vermilion Indian Reservation Nett Lake Indian Reservation‡

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

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