Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota

This article is about the unincorporated community in Olmsted County. For the county named Douglas, see Douglas County, Minnesota. For the ghost town in Washington County named Point Douglas, see Point Douglas, Minnesota.

Douglas, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°06′29″N 92°34′26″W / 44.10806°N 92.57389°W / 44.10806; -92.57389Coordinates: 44°06′29″N 92°34′26″W / 44.10806°N 92.57389°W / 44.10806; -92.57389
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Olmsted
Township	Kalmar Township and New Haven Township
Elevation	1,083 ft (330 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP code	55960
Area code(s)	507
GNIS feature ID	642905^[1]

Douglas is an unincorporated community in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along 75th Street NW (County 14) near its junction with County Road 3. Douglas is located within Kalmar Township and New Haven Township. Nearby places include Oronoco, Rochester, and the Douglas State Trail. The community is about two miles from the city of Rochester.

It was named for Harrison Douglass, the original owner of the town site.^[2]^[3] A post office was established at Douglas in 1878, and remained in operation until 1963.^[4]

References

↑ "Douglas, Olmsted County, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 65.
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 386.
↑ "Olmsted County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 27 July 2015.

Municipalities and communities of Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Rochester

Cities	Byron Chatfield‡ Dover Eyota Oronoco Pine Island‡ Rochester Stewartville

Townships	Cascade Dover Elmira Eyota Farmington Haverhill High Forest Kalmar Marion New Haven Orion Oronoco Pleasant Grove Quincy Rochester Rock Dell Salem Viola

Unincorporated communities	Chester Cummingsville Danesville‡ Douglas Genoa High Forest Judge Pleasant Grove Post Town Potsdam Predmore Ringe Rock Dell Salem Corners Shanty Town Simpson Viola

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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