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