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Welcome to Ball Club ...

Ball Club is located in Itasca County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ball Club, you might consider that their post office opened in 1903.

Ball Club is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Ball Club: 218

Communities near Ball Club ...

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

  • Cohasset
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Deer River
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Remer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Bena
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Federal Dam
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Zemple
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
    • Zemple is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zemple
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 90 people
  • Boy River
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Boy River is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boy River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 51 people
  • Bowstring
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bowstring is located in Itasca County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bowstring
  • Ryan Village
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Ryan Village is located in Cass County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ryan Village
  • Grand Rapids
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)

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 Ball Club. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ball Club.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ball Club. 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 Ball Club.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ball Club ...

Looking for more information about Ball Club? 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 Ball Club, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Ball Club.

Adding Ball Club to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ball Club 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 Ball Club was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Ball Club post office opened in 1903. The Ball Club post office closed in 1964.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ball Club.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Itasca, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ball Club - 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/