Chippewa City, Minnesota

Chippewa City, Minnesota
—  Unincorporated settlement  —
Chippewa City, Minnesota
Coordinates: 47°45′35″N 90°18′07″W / 47.75972°N 90.30194°W / 47.75972; -90.30194Coordinates: 47°45′35″N 90°18′07″W / 47.75972°N 90.30194°W / 47.75972; -90.30194
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cook
Elevation	669 ft (204 m)
Time zone	Central (CST) (UTC-6)
- Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
Area code(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	655713[1]

Chippewa City is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. Chippewa City is located on Minnesota State Highway 61 east of Grand Marais.

History

Chippewa City thrived in the 1890s. with about 100 families living in the village, it was thought that this town would never dwindle. However, much of this community's room for housing was buried when Highway 61 entered here. The land was opened up to white settlement in 1854 with the signing of the Treaty of LaPointe by the Chiefs of the Indian Peace Commission. As part of and in accordance with the treaty, the land was given to Chippewa native Francis Rousain, who then sold it to another Chippewa, D. George Morrison, who then sold it to Eber E. Bly, who by 1873 sold it to Henry Mayhew. ("Pioneers in the wilderness" Fourth printing, July 1999, Willis H. Raff)

The St. Francis Xavier Church, maintained by the Cook County Historical Society, and on the National Register of Historic Places, is located within the community.^[2]

References

1. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ Wurzer, Cathy (2008). Tales of the Road: Highway 61. pp. 17-18.