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

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

Municipalities and communities of Pennington County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Thief River Falls

Cities	Goodridge St. Hilaire Thief River Falls

Townships	Black River Bray Clover Leaf Deer Park Goodridge Hickory Highlanding Kratka Mayfield Norden North Numedal Polk Centre Reiner River Falls Rocksbury Sanders Silverton Smiley Star Wyandotte

Unincorporated communities	Dakota Junction Erie Hazel Highlanding Kratka Mavie

Indian reservation	Red Lake Indian Reservation‡

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

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

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