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Welcome to Potsdam ...

Potsdam is located in Olmsted County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Potsdam, you might consider that their post office opened in 1873.

Potsdam is 1,130 feet [344 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Potsdam: 507 & 924<3>

Communities Also Named Potsdam ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Potsdam - they are located in New York and Ohio.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Potsdam.

Communities near Potsdam ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Potsdam ...

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

Adding Potsdam to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Potsdam 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 Potsdam was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Potsdam post office opened in 1873. The Potsdam post office closed in 1905.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Potsdam.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Olmsted, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Potsdam - 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 Potsdam area will be assigned with one of these codes: 507 or 924. As a result, placing a call in the Potsdam 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.
<5>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/