Burchard is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Lyon County, in the
U.S. state
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of
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
.
History
Burchard was laid out in 1886 by the railroad.
It was named for H. M. Burchard, a railroad official.
A post office was established in Burchard in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1945.
References
Unincorporated communities in Lyon County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
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