Elbow Lake, Minnesota

 city, county seat

Elbow Lake village, on a site chosen in 1874 to be the county seat, in Sanford Township, was also named from this lake, it was platted October 28, 1886, and was organized September 2, 1887. The first commercial building was erected in 1884, a boardinghouse and saloon called the Elbow Lake House. The village had a station serving several railroad lines; the first post office operated, 1873-74 and 1876-83, with Henry F. Sanford postmaster, transferring to Sanford; a second post office began later in the year of 1883. Elbow Lake is a city in Grant County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,176 at the 2010 census. This town was the main plaintiff in the Supreme Court case 'U.S. vs. Otter Tail Power Company'.

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