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Welcome to Nemadji ...

Nemadji is located in Carlton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Nemadji, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

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

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

Area Code for Nemadji: 218

Communities near Nemadji ...

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

  • Cloquet
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
  • Moose Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Carlton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Scanlon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Scanlon is located in Carlton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scanlon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 945 people
  • Barnum
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Sturgeon Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Wrenshall
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Willow River
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Cromwell
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
  • Kettle River
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Nemadji ...

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

Adding Nemadji to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Nemadji post office opened in 1912. The Nemadji post office closed in 1953.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Nemadji.

Footnotes ...

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