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Welcome to Berne ...

Berne is located in Dodge County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Berne, you might consider that their post office opened in 1858.

Berne is 1,110 feet [338 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Berne: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Berne ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 8 communities that are also named Berne - they are located in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Berne.

Communities near Berne ...

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

  • Rochester
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Kasson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Byron
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Byron is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <4>
  • Rice Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
    • Rice Lake is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Zumbrota
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Island
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Dodge Center
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Kenyon
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Oronoco
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Hayfield
    (19 miles [30.6 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 Berne. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Berne.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Berne ...

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

Adding Berne to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Berne 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 Berne was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Berne post office opened in 1858. The Berne post office closed in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Berne.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Dodge, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Berne - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Berne area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Berne area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/