Bee, Minnesota

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Bee was an unincorporated village in section 33 of Wilmington Township, Houston County, Minnesota along the MN-IA border.

Originally named Bergen, it had a post office from 1891-1905, a general store, flour mill, creamery, and a station of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. There is at least one building straddling the MN-IA border line.

MN Place Names entry: mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/otheritem.cfm?PlaceNameID=208&B...
1896 map showing Bee P.O.: www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/478622/Wilmington+Towns...


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From: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=1006052916850
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Title: History of Houston County , Minnesota
City of Publication: Winona, Minn.
Publisher: H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.
Date: 1919

"Bee, formerly called Bergen Post office, is located in Wilmington Township, and has a mill and a store."