Do you know of Minnehaha ???

This page is an orphan - a placeholder until we can discover more about Minnehaha. When we encounter a name that is new to us, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope that we'll discover more information in the future. Such is the case with Minnehaha.

Our sources for Minnehaha (see Mentions and References below) indicate that it was a community with a post office by the same name. Unfortunately our sources aren't clear about the location of Minnehaha other than they indicate that Minnehaha would be found somewhere in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

From the Blevins / Hellbock List: The post office opened  in 1875 and closed  in 1891.

This entry could have originated in error. It might be that a source had a misprint, was simply wrong or we made a transcription error while referencing it. Many of the documents we reference are from the 1800s and the early 1900s, with some easier to read than others.

Part of the difficulty in identifying whether a name is a post office or a community lies with how Post Offices were named. We've prepared an article with our understanding of how post offices were named: Naming of Post Offices.

Communities Also Named Minnehaha ...

We found four communities that share the name Minnehaha.

Within Minnesota, the name Minnehaha is unique.

Beyond Minnesota, we know of another four communities that are located throughout in the United States.

• Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
  • Arizona
    • Yavapai County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Arizona community of Minnehaha [Yavapai County].
  • Colorado
    • El Paso County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Colorado community of Minnehaha [El Paso County].
  • New York
    • Herkimer County
    • Please visit our profile page for the New York community of Minnehaha [Herkimer County].
  • Washington
    • Clark County
    • Please visit our profile page for the Washington community of Minnehaha [Clark County].

Miscellaneous References and Mentions for Minnehaha ...

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Minnehaha:

Found in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Minnehaha - Services available: had a Railroad Station, Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

The FIPS database contains an entry for Minnehaha.

Referenced FIPS Records ...

FIPS Code: 27/43018   (Place Name: Minnehaha)

County: Hennepin     (FIPS State/County: 27/053)

Class: U4

Identifies a populated place (ie- Minnehaha) which is wholly or substantially located within the boundaries of an incorporated place with a different name. The Part of Code identifies the incorporated place.

More Orphans in  Hennepin County ...

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As we explained above, when we encounter a name that might be a community or a post office we add it to our Gazetteer. If we have little information to go with the name, we call them Orphans. Below are Orphans that we believe to be located in Hennepin County.