Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota - USA

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Douglas is an unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along 75th Street NW (County 14) near its junction with County Road 3. Douglas is located within Kalmar Township and New Haven Township. Nearby places include Oronoco, Rochester, and the Douglas State Trail. The community is about two miles from the city of Rochester.

Douglas
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°06′29″N 92°34′26″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Olmsted
Township	Kalmar Township and New Haven Township
Elevation	1,083 ft (330 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55960
Area code(s)	507
GNIS feature ID	642905[1]

It was named for Harrison Douglass, the original owner of the town site.[2][3] A post office was established at Douglas in 1878, and remained in operation until 1963.[4]

References

"Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 65.
Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 386.
"Olmsted County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Rochester
Cities	Byron Chatfield‡ Dover Eyota Oronoco Pine Island‡ Rochester Stewartville	Map of Minnesota highlighting Olmsted County
Townships	Cascade Dover Elmira Eyota Farmington Haverhill High Forest Kalmar Marion New Haven Orion Oronoco Pleasant Grove Quincy Rochester Rock Dell Salem Viola
CDPs	High Forest Marion
Unincorporated communities	Chester Cummingsville Danesville‡ Douglas Genoa Judge Pleasant Grove Post Town Potsdam Predmore Ringe Rock Dell Salem Corners Shanty Town Simpson Viola
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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