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{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US}} |
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|name = Assumption |
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|settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area|Unincorporated community]] |
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|image_caption = Signpost for Assumption |
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|subdivision_name = United States |
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|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]] |
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|subdivision_name1 = [[Minnesota]] |
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|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Minnesota|Counties]] |
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|subdivision_name2 = [[Carver County, Minnesota|Carver]] and [[Sibley County, Minnesota|Sibley]] |
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|subdivision_type3 = [[List of townships in Minnesota|Township]] |
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|subdivision_name3 = [[Hancock Township, Carver County, Minnesota|Hancock Township]] and [[Washington Lake Township, Sibley County, Minnesota|Washington Lake Township]] |
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|timezone = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]] |
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|coordinates = {{coord|44|41|17|N|93|53|20|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}} |
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|postal_code = 55338 and 55368 |
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|area_codes = [[Area code 507|507]] and [[Area code 952|952]] |
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|blank_info = 639488<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis|639488|Assumption, Minnesota}}</ref> |
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The community is located eight miles east-northeast of [[Green Isle, Minnesota|Green Isle]]. Nearby places also include [[Hamburg, Minnesota|Hamburg]], [[Norwood Young America, Minnesota|Norwood Young America]], [[Bongards, Minnesota|Bongards]], [[Cologne, Minnesota|Cologne]], and [[Belle Plaine, Minnesota|Belle Plaine]]. The community is home to the Assumption State Wildlife Management Area. |
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Assumption is located within [[Hancock Township, Carver County, Minnesota|Hancock Township]] in Carver County; and also located within [[Washington Lake Township, Sibley County, Minnesota|Washington Lake Township]] in Sibley County. |
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==History== |
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A post office previously operated in Assumption from 1881 to 1906.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Carver |title=Carver County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=11 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412014926/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Carver |archivedate=12 April 2015 }}</ref> Assumption took its name from a Roman Catholic church of the same name.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n100 81]}}</ref> |
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==References== |
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{{Carver County, Minnesota}} |
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{{Sibley County, Minnesota}} |
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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Carver County, Minnesota]] |
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Latest revision as of 21:52, 21 July 2023
Assumption | |
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 Signpost for Assumption | |
  Assumption Location of the community of Assumption within Minnesota  Assumption Assumption (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°41′17″N 93°53′20″W / 44.68806°N 93.88889°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| Counties | Carver and Sibley |
| Township | Hancock Township and Washington Lake Township |
| Elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55338 and 55368 |
| Area codes | 507 and 952 |
| GNIS feature ID | 639488[1] |
Assumption is an unincorporated community in Carver and Sibley Counties, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located eight miles east-northeast of Green Isle. Nearby places also include Hamburg, Norwood Young America, Bongards, Cologne, and Belle Plaine. The community is home to the Assumption State Wildlife Management Area.
Assumption is located within Hancock Township in Carver County; and also located within Washington Lake Township in Sibley County.
History
[edit]A post office previously operated in Assumption from 1881 to 1906.[2] Assumption took its name from a Roman Catholic church of the same name.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Assumption, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "Carver County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 81.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
Municipalities and communities of Sibley County, Minnesota, United States | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |