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Suomi
Unincorporated community
Suomi Hills Recreation Area
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Coordinates: 47°29′00″N 93°44′29″W / 47.48333°N 93.74139°W / 47.48333; -93.74139
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Itasca
Elevation	1,358 ft (414 m)
Population
• Total	10
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	56636
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	658549

Suomi is an unincorporated community in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located northeast of Deer River; along Itasca County Road 48 (CR 48). Nearby places include Marcell, Deer River, and Cohasset. State Highways 6 (MN 6) and 38 (MN 38); and County Road 19 are also nearby.

The center of Suomi is generally considered at the junction of Itasca County Roads 48 and 253. Little Bowstring Lake and the Bowstring River are in the vicinity. Suomi is located 13 miles northeast of Deer River; and 27 miles northwest of Grand Rapids. Suomi is 12 miles south of Marcell.

Suomi is located within ZIP code 56636 based in Deer River. A post office previously operated in the community of Suomi from 1921 to 1935.

The community is located within the Bowstring State Forest and the Chippewa National Forest. Suomi Hills Recreation Area on State Highway 38 is also nearby.

Suomi is a Finnish word that refers to Finland or the Finnish language.

References

1. "Suomi, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

• Mn/DOT map of Itasca County – Sheet 3 – 2011 edition

External links

• lakesnwoods.com – History of Suomi, MN

v t e Municipalities and communities of Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Grand Rapids
Cities	Bigfork Bovey Calumet Cohasset Coleraine Deer River Effie Grand Rapids Keewatin La Prairie Marble Nashwauk Squaw Lake Taconite Warba Zemple
Townships	Alvwood Arbo Ardenhurst Balsam Bearville Bigfork Blackberry Bowstring Carpenter Deer River Feeley Good Hope Goodland Grand Rapids Grattan Greenway Harris Iron Range Kinghurst Lake Jessie Lawrence Lone Pine Marcell Max Moose Park Morse Nashwauk Nore Oteneagen Pomroy Sago Sand Lake Spang Splithand Stokes Third River Trout Lake Wabana Wawina Wildwood Wirt
Unorganized territories	Bowstring Lake Deer Lake Effie Liberty Little Sand Lake Northeast Itasca
CDPs	Ball Club Goodland Inger
Other communities	Alvwood Bass Lake Bear River Bergville Blackberry Bowstring Dora Lake Dunbar Grattan Houpt Jessie Lake Mack Marcell Martin Max Orth Pengilly Pomroy Rosy Spring Lake Suomi Swan River Talmoon Togo Wawina Wirt
Indian reservations	Deer Creek Indian Reservation‡ Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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