Lake Addie, Minnesota
{{short description|Ghost town in Minnesota}}
{{Use American English|date=June 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|subdivision_name = United States
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|subdivision_name1 = Minnesota
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = McLeod
|subdivision_type3 = Township
|subdivision_name3 = Sumter
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|timezone = Central (CST)
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|postal_code = 55312 (Brownton)
|area_code = 320
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Lake Addie is a ghost town in Sumter Township, McLeod County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.{{cite book |title=Mc.Leod and Sibley Counties, Illustrations |date=1874 |publisher=A. T. Andreas |page=133 |url=http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/39023/Mc+Leod+and+Sibley+Counties++Illustrations+++W++W++Pendergast++Joseph+Fortier+Residence+and+Store/Minnesota+State+Atlas+1874/Minnesota/ |accessdate=4 August 2019}}
History
Lake Addie was a small community with a post office.{{cite book |last1=Upham |first1=Warren |title=Minnesota Place Names |date=2001 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |location=Minnesota |page=360 |isbn=9780873513968 |edition=3rd |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PP1 |accessdate=4 August 2019}} A post office was established at Lake Addie in 1868, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1879.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=McLeod | title=McLeod County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=4 August 2019}}
{{US Census population
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References
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{{McLeod County, Minnesota}}
Category:Ghost towns in Minnesota
Category:Geography of McLeod County, Minnesota
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