Norseland, Minnesota
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File:2013-0415-NorselandGeneralStore.jpg, built in 1900 and tracing back to an original store in 1858, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.{{cite book|title=The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota|last=Nord|first=Mary Ann|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|year=2003|isbn=0-87351-448-3|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nationalregister0000nord}} ]]
Norseland is an unincorporated community in Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near St. Peter. It is near the junction of State Highway 22 (MN 22) and Nicollet County Road 52.
Notable person
- Henry N. Benson, Minnesota lawyer and politician, was born in Norseland.'Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society,' volume XIV, Minnesota Biographies 1655-1912, Warren Upham-editor, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul: 1912, Biographical Sketch of Henry N. Benson, pg. 49
References
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{{Nicollet County, Minnesota}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Nicollet County, Minnesota
Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Category:Mankato – North Mankato metropolitan area
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