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Welcome to Ditter ...

Ditter is located in Hennepin County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ditter, you might consider that their post office opened in 1887.

Ditter is 1,010 feet [308 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Ditter ...

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

  • Minneapolis
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Bloomington
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Plymouth
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
  • Brooklyn Park
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Maple Grove
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Blaine
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Eden Prairie
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • Coon Rapids
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Minnetonka
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Edina
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Edina is located in Hennepin County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Edina
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 52,477 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Edina <3>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Ditter ...

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

Adding Ditter to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Ditter post office opened in 1887. The Ditter post office closed in 1901.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ditter.

Footnotes ...

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