Angora, Minnesota

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Angora ({{IPAc-en|æ|ŋ|ˈ|g|ɔr|ə}} {{respell|ang|GOR|ə}}){{cite AV media |people= Heidi Stang|date= August 10, 2023|title= City by City: Northern MN, Angora, Mt. Iron|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PGfRWrI8ic&ab_channel=NorthernNewsNow |publisher=Northern News Now|via=YouTube|access-date=December 29, 2023 |time= 00:00}} is an unincorporated community in Angora Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located six miles south of Cook at the intersection of State Highway 1 (MN 1) and Saint Louis County Road 430 (Burghardt Road). U.S. Highway 53 is nearby.

County Road 952 (Tee Road) is also in the area. The unincorporated community of Angora is located within Angora Township (population 249).

The communities of Sherman Corner and Idington are also nearby.

The Rice River, a tributary of the Little Fork River, flows through the community.

History

A post office called Angora has been in operation since 1903.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Saint+Louis | title=St. Louis County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=7 August 2015}} The community was named after Angora, in Turkey.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n496 477]}} Angora was regarded as a railroad village in 1920.{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Minnesota Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ci0UAAAAYAAJ |title=Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society |date=1920 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |page=477 |language=en}} The population was 63 in 1920,{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WqRRAQAAMAAJ |title=Premier Atlas of the World: Containing Maps of All Countries of the World, with the Most Recent Boundary Decisions, and Maps of All the States, territories, and Possessions of the United States with Population Figures from the Latest Official Census Reports, Also Data of Interest Concerning International and Domestic Political Questions |date=1925 |publisher=Rand McNally & Company |page=210 |language=en}} and was 75 in 1940.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTcjAQAAMAAJ |title=The Attorneys List |publisher=United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Attorney List Department |year=1940 |page=484 |language=en |access-date=2023-12-17}}

References

Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition

Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota

Category:Unincorporated communities in St. Louis County, Minnesota