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Welcome to Badoura ...

Badoura is located in Hubbard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Badoura, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Badoura is 1,410 feet [430 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Badoura lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Badoura: 218

Communities near Badoura ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Badoura.

  • Park Rapids
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Menahga
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Pine River
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Akeley
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Nevis
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Hackensack
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Backus
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Chickamaw Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
    • Chickamaw Beach is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chickamaw Beach
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 110 people
  • Nimrod
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Badoura. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Badoura.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Badoura. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Badoura.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Badoura. See our Newspapers Page for Badoura.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Badoura ...

Looking for more information about Badoura? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Badoura, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Badoura.

Adding Badoura to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Badoura in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Badoura was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Badoura post office opened in 1896. The Badoura post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Badoura.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Hubbard, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Badoura - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/