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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Riceford, Minnesota

Riceford is an unincorporated community in Houston County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

History

A post office was established at Riceford in 1855, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. The community was named for Henry Mower Rice, a Minnesota Territory politician who forded Riceford Creek at this place in the 1850s.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford, Minnesota
  2. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Riceford Post Office (historical)
  3. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 239.