Manyaska

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Manyaska MN 56171
United States
43° 39' 11.9016" N, 94° 46' 8.9724" W
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Mni Sota Makoce
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Manyaska is in Martin County MANYASKA Township bears a Dakota name, given to lakes of this vicinity on Nicollet's map, probably meaning "white bank or bluff," but to be then more correctly spelled mayaska. It has been otherwise translated as "white iron" or silver, from maza, "iron," ska, "white." This name is also borne by a lake in section 19, a railway station, and a village in section 25. The village was established as a shipping point for stock and grain with a station of the Chicago and North Western Railway in 1899; the post office operated 1900-8. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.