Riceford is an unincorporated community in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

Riceford
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°34′34″N 91°43′37″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Houston
Elevation	1,014 ft (309 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s)	507
GNIS feature ID	650057[1]

History

A post office was established at Riceford in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905.[2] The community was named for Henry Mower Rice, a Minnesota Territory politician who forded Riceford Creek at this place in the 1850s.[3]

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