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Welcome to Corvuso ...

Corvuso is located in Meeker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Corvuso, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Corvuso is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Corvuso: 320

Communities near Corvuso ...

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

  • Hutchinson
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Litchfield
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Dassel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Atwater
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hector
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Bird Island
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
  • Brownton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Buffalo Lake
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Grove City
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Stewart
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • Stewart is located in McLeod County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stewart
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 533 people

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Corvuso ...

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

Adding Corvuso to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Corvuso post office opened in 1898. The Corvuso post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Corvuso.

Footnotes ...

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