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Welcome to Skyberg ...

Skyberg is located in Goodhue County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Skyberg, you might consider that their post office opened in 1879.

Skyberg is 1,200 feet [366 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities near Skyberg ...

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

  • Owatonna
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Faribault
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Kasson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Byron
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
    • Byron is located in Olmsted County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Byron
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 5,691 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Byron <3>
  • Rice Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Rice Lake is located in Steele County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Lake
  • Zumbrota
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Pine Island
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Dodge Center
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Kenyon
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Oronoco
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Skyberg ...

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

Adding Skyberg to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Skyberg post office opened in 1879. The Skyberg post office closed in 1951.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Skyberg.

Footnotes ...

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