Leavenworth

Leavenworth (HM1ACP)

Location: Sleepy Eye, MN 56085 Brown County
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N 44° 13.326', W 94° 48.2'

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In 1857, settlers platted a townsite in Section 14 of the Leavenworth area. During the next year, Dr. J. B. Calkins established the post office and became its first postmaster. Leavenworth Township was legally organized on April 16, 1859. Seven officers were elected: Luther Whiton, chair; Isaac Bandy and Seth Henshaw, supervisors; George Charnock, clerk; Peter Kelly, assessor; and G. W. Maffett and C. R. Putnam, constables. During the Dakota Conflict of 1862, the settlers fled the area, returning later to build the new village of Leavenworth in Section 27. The settlement grew and prospered to the point where it boasted a blacksmith shop, general store, sawmill, flour mill, shoemaker, physician, and druggist. The dreams of expansion were taken away when the railroad bypassed Leavenworth in the 1870s, and the new village was never incorporated. Today, the Church of the Japanese Martyrs, erected in the late 1860s, embodies the remnants of one of Brown County's earliest settlements.

Erected by the Brown County Historical Society in 1992
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HM NumberHM1ACP
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Year Placed1992
Placed ByThe Brown County Historical Society
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Date Added Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 11:00am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15T E 355959 N 4898122
Decimal Degrees44.22210000, -94.80333333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 13.326', W 94° 48.2'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 13' 19.56" N, 94° 48' 12.00" W
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Area Code(s)507
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 30830-30880 Co Rd 24, Sleepy Eye MN 56085, US
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