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Welcome to Huot ...

Huot is located in Red Lake County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Huot, you might consider that their post office opened in 1881.

Huot is 900 feet [274 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Huot: 218

Communities near Huot ...

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

  • Crookston
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Red Lake Falls
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Fisher
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Fisher is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fisher
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 410 people
  • Plummer
    (17 miles [27.4 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
    (14 miles [22.5 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
  • Mentor
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brooks
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Brooks is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brooks
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 136 people
  • Dorothy
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Dorothy is located in Red Lake County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dorothy
  • Gentilly
    (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
    • Gentilly is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gentilly
  • Shirley
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
    • Shirley is located in Polk County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shirley

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Huot ...

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

Adding Huot to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Huot post office opened in 1881. The Huot post office closed in 1936.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Huot.

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 Huot - 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/