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Walnut Grove Minnesota Community Guide

Walnut Grove, MN is located in the Southwest corner of Redwood County, Minnesota. We are situated in a thriving agriculture area with plenty of recreational opportunities with many lakes, parks, golf courses, bike trails, camping, and museums. Walnut Grove is known nationwide today as the childhood home of Laura Ingalls Wilder and visitors can learn all about this famous author and her history here in Walnut Grove.

Walnut Grove is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota lying along U.S. Route 14, which connects it with Tracy to the west and Revere to the east. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.06 square miles (2.75 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 1,217 ft (371 m) above sea level.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

WALNUT GROVE, a city in North Hero and Springdale Townships, platted in April 1874, incorporated March 3, 1879, and separated from the townships on March 30, 1891, was named for a grove of about 100 acres, including many black walnut trees, on Plum Creek in the southeast corner of Springdale, from one to two miles southwest of this village. It is at the northern limit of the geographic range of this tree. The first postmaster, Lafayette Bedal, a native of Canada, built a shanty near the Chicago and North Western Railway right-of-way called Walnut Station in 1872 in what became North Hero Township, across the line from Springdale Township; Bedal's brother, Elias, transferred his grain-buying business from Eyota to the new settlement and filed the plat on September 10, 1874, naming it Walnut Grove. With Gustave Sunwall, Lafayette Bedal built a store, and when the village was incorporated in 1879, Bedal was the first president of its council; Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder, was elected the first justice. The post office was first called Walnut Station, 1873-81, and then became Walnut Grove.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

South side of Main Street, Walnut Grove Minnesota, 1918 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge Visit The Walnut Grove Photo Gallery for more recent and historic area photos

Walnut Grove City Hall 311 6th Street PO Box 335 Walnut Grove, MN 56180 Phone: (507) 859-2135 Fax: (507) 859-2202 Regular Business Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Friday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm City Council Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month
Title	Term Ends	Name and Address		Phone
Mayor	12/31/2020	Greg Hansen 711 Bedal Street Walnut Grove, MN 56180		(507) 301-1806
Clerk/Treasurer	appointed	Paula McGarvey 311 6th Street - PO Box 335 Walnut Grove, MN 56180		(507) 859-2135
Council Member	12/31/2022	Dillon Robinson 661 7th Street Walnut Grove, MN 56180		(507) 616-6064
Council Member	12/31/2022	Leonard McLaughlin 100 Bedal Street Walnut Grove, MN 56180		(507) 859-2479
Council Member	12/31/2020	Xiong Yang 651 Clark Street Walnut Grove, MN 56180		(507) 859-2396
Council Member	12/31/2020	Todd Harrington 441 Wiggins Street Walnut Grove, MN 56180		(507) 829-2002

US Post Office 610 Main Street Walnut Grove, MN 56180-1136 Phone: (507) 859-2463 Toll Free: (800) ASK-USPS Fax: (507) 859-3032 Regular Business Hours: Week Days       7:45 am - 12:30 pm                         1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Saturday           9:00 am - 9:30 am

Minnesota State Highway Map of the Walnut Grove Minnesota area

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