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Welcome to Poor Farm Landing ...

Poor Farm Landing is located in Nicollet County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Poor Farm Landing: Poor Farm Lndg. (or less commonly used: Poor Farm Lndng.)

Poor Farm Landing is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Poor Farm Landing: 507 & 924<3>

Communities near Poor Farm Landing ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Poor Farm Landing.

  • Mankato
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Mankato is located in Blue Earth County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mankato
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 43,435 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mankato <4>
  • North Mankato
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • New Ulm
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Saint Peter
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Le Sueur
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Crystal
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Gaylord
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
  • Winthrop
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Nicollet
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Gibbon
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Poor Farm Landing ...

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Nicollet, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Poor Farm Landing - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 507 code has been Overlayed with the 924 area code. New phone numbers in the Poor Farm Landing area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Poor Farm Landing area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.