Reads Landing, Minnesota
{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Wabasha County
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|subdivision_name3 = Pepin Township
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|timezone = Central (CST)
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|postal_code = 55968
|area_code = 651
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Reads Landing is an unincorporated community in Pepin Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States, along the Mississippi River. The community is located between Lake City and Wabasha along U.S. Highway 61 at the junction with Wabasha County Road 77 and near Wabasha, Lake City, Camp Lacupolis, and Maple Springs. Reads Landing is located within section 24 of Pepin Township.
History
File:Reads Landing, Minnesota (circa 1872).jpg
Reads Landing was platted in 1856.{{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/n575 558]}} Around 1878, the community had various commercial and transportation buildings, but later those businesses moved to Wabasha.[http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/City.cfm Minnesota Place Names–Reads Landing] The post office began in 1850 and still operates today. At one time, Reads Landing was considered a possible site for the Minnesota state capital.{{cite book |title=Tales of the Road: Highway 61 |last=Wurzer |first=Cathy |year=2008 |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press |location=St. Paul, MN |isbn=0-87351-626-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/talesofroadhighw0000wurz/page/105 105] |url=https://archive.org/details/talesofroadhighw0000wurz |url-access=registration |accessdate=April 4, 2011}}
The community contains one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1870 Reads Landing School.{{cite web |title=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/ |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2018-02-11}} The school building now houses the Wabasha County Historical Society Museum.{{cite web |title=Wabasha County Historical Society Museum |url=http://www.wabashacountyhistory.org/history/wabashacountyhistory |publisher=Wabasha County Historical Society |accessdate=2014-02-11}}
{{US Census population
|1870= 782
|1880= 579
|1890= 446
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html |title=Census of Population and Housing |author=United States Census Bureau |author-link=United States Census Bureau }}
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Transportation
Amtrak’s Empire Builder, which operates between Seattle/Portland and Chicago, passes through the town on BNSF tracks, but makes no stop. The nearest station is located in Red Wing, {{convert|27|mi}} to the northwest.
Notable people
- James Huff Stout (1848–1910), former Wisconsin legislator and businessman; lived in Reads Landing.[http://www.uwstout.edu/about/history/art010.cfm University of Wisconsin–Stout James Huff Stout]
References
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{{Wabasha County, Minnesota}}
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Category:Former municipalities in Minnesota
Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Category:Unincorporated communities in Wabasha County, Minnesota
Category:Rochester metropolitan area, Minnesota
Category:Minnesota populated places on the Mississippi River