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Welcome to Dorothy ...

Dorothy is located in Red Lake County<1>.

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

Dorothy is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Dorothy: 218

Communities Also Named Dorothy ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 5 communities that are also named Dorothy - they are located in Alberta, Arkansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Dorothy ...

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

  • Thief River Falls
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Crookston
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Lake Falls
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Fisher
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Fisher is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Plummer
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
    • Plummer is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Plummer
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 289 people
  • Saint Hilaire
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Saint Hilaire is located in Pennington County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Hilaire
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 258 people
  • Shirley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Euclid
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Gentilly
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Dugdale
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Dorothy ...

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

Adding Dorothy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dorothy post office opened in 1898. The Dorothy post office closed in 1945.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dorothy.

Footnotes ...

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