Bernadotte, Minnesota

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

44°27′19″N 94°18′04″W / 44.45528°N 94.30111°W / 44.45528; -94.30111CountryUnited StatesStateMinnesotaCountyNicolletTownship Bernadotte TownshipElevation

1,004 ft (306 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

56054

Area code507GNIS feature ID639970^[1]

Bernadotte is an unincorporated community in Bernadotte Township, Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States, near Lafayette. The community is located near the junction of Nicollet County Roads 1 and 10.

Bernadotte is the home of Historic Marker: Bernadotte Lutheran Church^[2] and Historic Marker: Bernadotte Co-op Creamery.^[3]

Bernadotte is also the home of the world's largest collection of cow-related items, amassed by local celebrity and resident Ruth Klossner.^[4] This record was officially approved by Guinness World Records on June 9, 2015.^[5]

History

A post office called Bernadotte was established in 1871, and remained in operation until 1904.^[6] The community was named for Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, a French Jacobines leader, later French Marshal, later King Charles XIV of Sweden and Charles III of Norway and founder of the House of Bernadotte.^[7]

References

^ "Bernadotte, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Historic Markers: Bernadotte Lutheran Church".
^ "Historic Markers – Bernadotte Co-op Creamery".
^ "Largest collection of cow-related items: Ruth Klossner breaks Guinness World Records' record". www.worldrecordacademy.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
^ "Largest collection of cow-related items". Retrieved October 3, 2015.
^ "Nicollet County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 23, 2015.
^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 372.