Cherry Grove 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
Fillmore County,
Minnesota
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, United States.
The community is located 9 miles south of Wykoff, at the junction of Fillmore County 5 and 160th Street, near
Forestville Mystery Cave State Park.
U.S. Highway 63 and Fillmore County 14 are both in the vicinity.
Cherry Grove is located along the boundary line between
York Township and
Forestville Township.
Nearby places include
Spring Valley,
Ostrander,
Etna,
Wykoff,
Greenleafton,
Preston, and
Harmony
In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. Theories of harmony seek to describe or explain the effects created by distinct pitches or tones coinciding with one another; harm ...
.
Cherry Grove is located 12 miles southeast of Spring Valley; and 15 miles southwest of Preston. Cherry Grove is 17 miles west-northwest of Harmony.
ZIP codes 55975 (
Spring Valley) and 55965 (
Preston) meet at Cherry Grove. A post office previously operated in the community of Cherry Grove from 1857 to 1893, and again from 1894 to 1903.
The
South Branch Root River is nearby.
References
* Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
Unincorporated communities in Fillmore County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory
Populated places established in 1857
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