Hader 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
Goodhue County,
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 ...
, United States.
The community is located at the junction of
U.S. Highway 52, State Highway 57 (
MN 57), and Goodhue County Road 8 (County 8 Boulevard).
Hader is located within
Leon Township and
Wanamingo Township. Nearby places include
Zumbrota,
Wanamingo,
Goodhue,
Minneola Township,
Belle Creek Township, and
Cannon Falls.
ZIP codes 55992 (Zumbrota), 55983 (Wanamingo), 55009 (Cannon Falls), and 55027 (Goodhue) all meet near Hader.
History
When Hader was founded by Otis F. Smith in 1857, it was built in order to be the
county seat
A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...
. However, these plans failed, the
plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) is a cadastral map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land. United States General Land Office surveyors drafted township plats of Public Lands Survey System, Public Lands Surveys to ...
was not fulfilled, and few buildings were built during that time.
References
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Goodhue County, Minnesota
1857 establishments in Minnesota Territory
Populated places established in 1857
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