Ramsey, Mower County, Minnesota

Ramsey, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°42′35″N 92°58′11″W / 43.70972°N 92.96972°W / 43.70972; -92.96972Coordinates: 43°42′35″N 92°58′11″W / 43.70972°N 92.96972°W / 43.70972; -92.96972
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Mower
Elevation	1,217 ft (371 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	507
GNIS feature ID	649803^[1]

Ramsey is an unincorporated community in Lansing Township, Mower County, Minnesota, United States.^[1]

A post office called Ramsey was established in 1874, and closed in 1875.^[2] The community was named for Alexander Ramsey, 1st Governor of Minnesota Territory.^[3]

Notes

1 2 "Ramsey, Mower County, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
↑ "Mower County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 361.

Municipalities and communities of Mower County, Minnesota, United States

County seat: Austin

Cities	Adams Austin Brownsdale Dexter Elkton Grand Meadow Le Roy Lyle Mapleview Racine Rose Creek Sargeant Taopi Waltham

Townships	Adams Austin Bennington Clayton Dexter Frankford Grand Meadow Lansing Le Roy Lodi Lyle Marshall Nevada Pleasant Valley Racine Red Rock Sargeant Udolpho Waltham Windom

CDP	Lansing

Unincorporated communities	Andyville Corning‡ Johnsburg Mayville Nicolville Ramsey Renova Varco

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

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