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Norseland, Minnesota

Coordinates: 44°24′46″N 94°07′00″W / 44.41278°N 94.11667°W / 44.41278; -94.11667
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Norseland
The Norseland General Store, built circa 1900
The Norseland General Store, built circa 1900
Norseland is located in Minnesota
Norseland
Norseland
Location of the community of Norseland
within Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County
Norseland is located in the United States
Norseland
Norseland
Norseland (the United States)
Coordinates: 44°24′46″N 94°07′00″W / 44.41278°N 94.11667°W / 44.41278; -94.11667
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyNicollet
TownshipLake Prairie Township
Elevation
1,004 ft (306 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code
56082
Area code507
GNIS feature ID654849[1]
The Norseland General Store, built in 1900 and tracing back to an original store in 1858, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[2]

Norseland is an unincorporated community in Lake Prairie Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near St. Peter. It is near the junction of State Highway 22 (MN 22) and Nicollet County Road 52.

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  1. ^ "Norseland, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Nord, Mary Ann (2003). The National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota. Minnesota Historical Society. ISBN 0-87351-448-3.
  3. ^ 'Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society,' volume XIV, Minnesota Biographies 1655-1912, Warren Upham-editor, Minnesota Historical Society, Saint Paul: 1912, Biographical Sketch of Henry N. Benson, pg. 49