Welcome to Purity ...

So far, we found very little information about Purity. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Purity to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. We would especially like to find the location of Purity - knowing its coordinates, we can explore things like its relationship to neighboring communities, nearby cemeteries, etc. If you can help us with Purity, please Contact Us.

While we don't have the exact location of Purity , we believe that it would have been located within present day Carver County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Purity, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Time Zone: The area where Purity was located is in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

The location where Purity once stood is in the (952) area code.

Communities Also Named Purity ...

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

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

Adding Purity to Our Gazetteer ...

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Purity was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<3>

From that list, the Purity post office opened in 1886.

We also found Purity in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Purity.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Carver County: www.co.carver.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>	We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Purity, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>	If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Carver, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>	A copy of their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/