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Wegdahl
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°53′24″N 95°38′43″W / 44.89000°N 95.64528°W / 44.89000; -95.64528
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Chippewa
Elevation	945 ft (288 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	320
GNIS feature ID	653890

Wegdahl is an unincorporated community in Chippewa County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Brafees Creek flows into the Minnesota River in the area.

History

A post office called Wegdahl was established in 1871, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1957. The community was named for Hemming Arntzen Wegdahl, the original owner of the town site and first postmaster.

References

1. ^ "Wegdahl". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. "Chippewa County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 105.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Montevideo
Cities	Clara City Granite Falls‡ Maynard Milan Montevideo Watson
Townships	Big Bend Crate Grace Granite Falls Havelock Kragero Leenthrop Lone Tree Louriston Mandt Rheiderland Rosewood Sparta Stoneham Tunsberg Woods
Unincorporated communities	Asbury Big Bend City Bunde Churchill Gluek Gracelock Hagan Louriston Wegdahl
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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