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Welcome to Nary ...

Nary is located in Hubbard County<1>.

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

Nary is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Nary: 218

Communities near Nary ...

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

  • Bemidji
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
  • Cass Lake
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
  • Wilton
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
    • Wilton is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wilton
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 295 people
  • Laporte
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Solway
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Turtle River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Turtle River is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turtle River
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 80 people
  • Lavinia
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Lavinia is located in Beltrami County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lavinia
  • Lake George
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Benedict
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
    • Benedict is located in Hubbard County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benedict
  • Pennington
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nary ...

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

Adding Nary to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nary post office opened in 1899. The Nary post office closed in 1924.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nary.

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 Nary - 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/