Claybank, Minnesota

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States}}

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Claybank is an unincorporated community in Goodhue Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.

The community is located near the junction of County 6 Boulevard and 350th Street. State Highway 58 (MN 58) is nearby. Nearby communities include Goodhue, Ryan, White Rock, Vasa, Belvidere Mills, and Hay Creek.

It was once a station on the former Chicago Great Western Railway between Red Wing and Rochester, Minnesota.[https://books.google.com/books?id=anEpAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22hay+creek%22+%22Chicago+great+western%22&pg=PA74 Chicago and Great Western timetable, Randolph and Osage], Traveler's Railway Guide, Western Section (March 1903), p. 74 Rail spurs extended two miles to the east to clay pits, where clay was mined and shipped by rail to the stoneware industry of Red Wing.[https://maps.co.goodhue.mn.us/PDFs/NRHPPY/ClayBank.pdf 1894 Partial plat of Goodhue Township showing Claybank and locations of clay mining properties]{{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/n225 206]}} A post office was established as Claybank in 1890, and remained in operation until 1904.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Goodhue | title=Goodhue County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=14 June 2015}}