Syre, Minnesota

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{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Norman

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Syre is an unincorporated community in Home Lake Township, Norman County, Minnesota, United States.{{cite gnis|654971|Syre}}

The community is located south of Twin Valley and southeast of Ada at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 32 and 113.{{Cite journal |date=April 1957 |title=Rand McNally Road Atlas, 1955. Chicago: Rand McNally and Company, 1955. 112 P. $1.50 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/sce.3730410372 |journal=Science Education |volume=41 |issue=3 |pages=247–247 |doi=10.1002/sce.3730410372 |issn=0036-8326|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Bockenhauer |first=Mark H. |date=1994-06-01 |title=Culture of the Wisconsin Official State Highway Map |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.14714/cp18.929 |journal=Cartographic Perspectives |issue=18 |pages=3–16 |doi=10.14714/cp18.929 |issn=1048-9053|doi-access=free }}

A post office was established at Syre in 1891, and remained in operation until 1936.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Norman | title=Norman County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=26 July 2015}} Syre was a station on the railroad.{{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/n403 384]}}