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Welcome to Strout ...

Strout is located in Meeker County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Strout, you might consider that their post office opened in 1896.

Strout is 1,170 feet [357 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Strout: 320

Communities Also Named Strout ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Strout - it's located in Illinois.

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

Communities near Strout ...

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

  • Hutchinson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Litchfield
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Cokato
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Dassel
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
  • Atwater
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Grove City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Kandiyohi
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Kandiyohi is located in Kandiyohi County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kandiyohi
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 477 people
  • Cosmos
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Darwin
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Lake Lillian
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Strout ...

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

Adding Strout to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Strout post office opened in 1896. The Strout post office closed in 1904.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Strout.

Footnotes ...

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