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Welcome to Taft ...

Taft is located in Saint Louis County<1>.

Taft is 1,330 feet [405 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Code for Taft: 218

Communities Also Named Taft ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 22 communities that are also named Taft - they are located in Alabama, British Columbia, California, Florida (2), Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.

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

Communities near Taft ...

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

  • Duluth
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Duluth is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Duluth
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 85,773 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Duluth <3>
  • Cloquet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Hermantown
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Proctor
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Proctor is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Proctor
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,006 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Proctor <3>
  • Brookston
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Meadowlands
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Meadowlands is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Meadowlands
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
  • Canyon
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Twig
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
    • Twig is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Twig
  • Saginaw
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Saginaw is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saginaw
  • Alborn
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
    • Alborn is located in Saint Louis County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alborn

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Taft ...

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

Adding Taft to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Taft 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 Taft was mentioned on a train schedule titled Canadian National Railroad Time Tables (October 1960).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Taft.

Footnotes ...

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