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Syre, Minnesota

Coordinates: 47°10′49″N 96°15′31″W / 47.18028°N 96.25861°W / 47.18028; -96.25861
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Syre
Syre is located in Minnesota
Syre
Syre
Syre is located in the United States
Syre
Syre
Coordinates: 47°10′49″N 96°15′31″W / 47.18028°N 96.25861°W / 47.18028; -96.25861
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyNorman
Elevation
1,122 ft (342 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code218
GNIS feature ID654971[1]

Syre is an unincorporated community in Home Lake Township, Norman County, Minnesota, United States.[1]

The community is located south of Twin Valley and southeast of Ada at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 32 and 113.[2][3]

A post office was established at Syre in 1891, and remained in operation until 1936.[4] Syre was a station on the railroad.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Syre". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Rand McNally Road Atlas, 1955. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1955. 112 P. $1.50". Science Education. 41 (3): 247–247. April 1957. doi:10.1002/sce.3730410372. ISSN 0036-8326.
  3. ^ Bockenhauer, Mark H. (June 1, 1994). "Culture of the Wisconsin Official State Highway Map". Cartographic Perspectives (18): 3–16. doi:10.14714/cp18.929. ISSN 1048-9053.
  4. ^ "Norman County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  5. ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 384.