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Burr
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°44′54″N 96°21′33″W / 44.74833°N 96.35917°W / 44.74833; -96.35917
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Yellow Medicine
Elevation	1,325 ft (404 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	507
GNIS feature ID	640675

Burr is an unincorporated community in Florida Township, Yellow Medicine County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

History

Burr was originally called Stanley, and under the latter name was platted by the railroad in 1886. The current name is for Burr Anderson, an early settler.

A post office was established as Burr in 1894; it was closed in 1953.

References

1. ^ "Burr". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 49.
3. "Yellow Medicine County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved February 17, 2015.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Granite Falls
Cities	Canby Clarkfield Echo Granite Falls‡ Hanley Falls Hazel Run Porter St. Leo Wood Lake
Townships	Burton Echo Florida Fortier Friendship Hammer Hazel Run Lisbon Minnesota Falls Norman Normania Omro Oshkosh Posen Sandnes Sioux Agency Stony Run Swede Prairie Tyro Wergeland Wood Lake
Indian reservation	Upper Sioux Indian Reservation
Unincorporated communities	Burr Lorne Normania Spring Creek
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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