Assumption, Minnesota
{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US}}
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Assumption is an unincorporated community in Carver and Sibley Counties, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located eight miles east-northeast of Green Isle. Nearby places also include Hamburg, Norwood Young America, Bongards, Cologne, and Belle Plaine. The community is home to the Assumption State Wildlife Management Area.
Assumption is located within Hancock Township in Carver County; and also located within Washington Lake Township in Sibley County.
History
A post office previously operated in Assumption from 1881 to 1906.{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Carver |title=Carver County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=11 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412014926/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Carver |archivedate=12 April 2015 }} Assumption took its name from a Roman Catholic church of the same name.{{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/n100 81]}}
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{{Carver County, Minnesota}}
{{Sibley County, Minnesota}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Carver County, Minnesota
Category:Unincorporated communities in Sibley County, Minnesota
Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
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