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Welcome to Heatwole ...

Heatwole is located in McLeod County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Heatwole, you might consider that their post office opened in 1899.

Heatwole is 1,050 feet [320 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Heatwole: 320

Communities near Heatwole ...

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

  • Hutchinson
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Glencoe
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Cokato
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Winsted
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Lester Prairie
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Dassel
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Hector
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Silver Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Brownton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Buffalo Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heatwole ...

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

Adding Heatwole to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Heatwole post office opened in 1899. The Heatwole post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Heatwole.

Footnotes ...

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