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Welcome to Emmaville ...

Emmaville is located in Hubbard County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Emmaville, you might consider that their post office opened in 1900.

Emmaville is 1,550 feet [472 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Emmaville: 218

Communities Also Named Emmaville ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Emmaville - they are located in Pennsylvania and Utah.

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

Communities near Emmaville ...

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

  • Park Rapids
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Walker
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Akeley
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Nevis
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Laporte
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Long Lost Lake
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
    • Long Lost Lake is located in Clearwater County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Long Lost Lake
    • Estimated population in 2015: 44 people
  • Dorset
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Dorset is located in Hubbard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorset
  • Lake George
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Two Inlets
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Two Inlets is located in Becker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Two Inlets
  • Benedict
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Emmaville ...

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

Adding Emmaville to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Emmaville post office opened in 1900. The Emmaville post office closed in 1917.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Emmaville.

Footnotes ...

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