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Klondyke is an unincorporated community in Irondale Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The community lies just south of County Route 12 and on the north shore of Lookout Lake. It lies approximately three miles south of Crosby and Ironton.[2]

Klondyke
Unincorporated community
Klondyke
Location of Klondyke
within Irondale Township, Crow Wing County
Klondyke
Klondyke (the United States)
Coordinates: 46°26′30″N 93°57′58″W
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyCrow Wing
TownshipIrondale Township
Elevation1,270 ft (390 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56455
Area code218
GNIS feature ID654779[1]

A post office called Klondike was in operation from 1897 until 1907.[3] The name is an allusion to the Klondike Gold Rush, as Crow Wing County is also a mining region.[4]


References


  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Klondyke, Minnesota
  2. Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer, Delorme, 9th ed., 2016, p. 54 ISBN 0899333338
  3. "Crow Wing County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 158.





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