Hazel, Minnesota

Hazel is a small unincorporated community in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States, along the Canadian Pacific Railway. The community is only marked on county abstracts and has no postal code. Hazel is the location of a Cenex Harvest States shipping facility.

A post office called Hazel was established in 1904, and remained in operation until 1954.[1] The community was named for the abundance of hazel trees near the original town site.[2]

References

  1. "Pennington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 406.

Coordinates: 48°01′12″N 96°06′55″W / 48.02000°N 96.11528°W / 48.02000; -96.11528


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