Do you know of Artichoke Lake ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Artichoke Lake. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Artichoke Lake.<1>

Our sources for Artichoke Lake (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Artichoke Lake other than they indicate that Artichoke Lake would be found somewhere in Big Stone County, Minnesota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1876 and closed  in 1913.

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Artichoke Lake ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Artichoke Lake:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<2>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Artichoke Lake - Services available: had a Post Office, no Railroad mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Artichoke Lake.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 27/02368   (Place Name: Artichoke Lake)

County: Big Stone     (FIPS State/County: 27/011)

Class: U8

Identifies a populated place (in this case, Artichoke Lake) located wholly or substantially outside the boundaries of an incorporated place or CDP (Census Designated Place) but whose name has not been verified as authoritative by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

More Orphans in  Big Stone County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Big Stone County.