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Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial data about Sturgeon Lake came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Sturgeon Lake in various books, maps and other sources. When we find a mention, a fact or snippet, we add that information to our Gazetter.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Sturgeon Lake. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Sturgeon Lake is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

From that list:

The Sturgeon Lake post office opened in 1881.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Sturgeon Lake:
Services available in 1895: had a Railroad Station, a Express Office, no Post Office mentioned

Shell Oil Road Map for Minnesota (1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

We found Sturgeon Lake in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Sturgeon Lake for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Sturgeon Lake. See our Misc Page for Sturgeon Lake for more information.


Railroad Mentions of Sturgeon Lake:

Sturgeon Lake was mentioned in the following schedule:

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

The official website for Sturgeon Lake: www.ci.sturgeon-lake.mn.us/

The official website for Pine County: www.pinecounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/









 

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