Welcome to Section Thirty ...

Section Thirty is located in Lake County<1>.

The location of Section Thirty has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Section Thirty, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

Section Thirty is 1,390 feet [424 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Section Thirty is located in the (218) area code.

Communities near Section Thirty ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Section Thirty.

• Ely
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Ely have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ely
  • Ely is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,325 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Ely <4>
• Babbitt
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Babbitt have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Babbitt
  • Babbitt is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,471 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Babbitt <4>
• Soudan
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Soudan have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Soudan
  • Soudan is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Soudan <4>
• Tower Junction
  (23 miles [37 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Tower Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower Junction
  • Tower Junction is located in Saint Louis County
• Tower
  (24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tower
  • Tower is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tower <4>
• Embarrass
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Embarrass
  • Embarrass is located in Saint Louis County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Embarrass <4>
• Hoyt Lakes
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hoyt Lakes have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoyt Lakes
  • Hoyt Lakes is located in Saint Louis County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,927 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hoyt Lakes <4>
• Isabella
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isabella
  • Isabella is located in Lake County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Isabella <4>
• Allen
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Allen
  • Allen is located in Saint Louis County
  • Allen has also been known as:
  • Allen Junction

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Section Thirty ...

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

Adding Section Thirty to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Section Thirty post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Section Thirty.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Section Thirty. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lake County: www.lakecnty.com/

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