Minneiska

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Minneiska MN 55910
United States
44° 8' 10.0824" N, 91° 58' 6.8988" W
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Minneiska is in Wabasha County MINNEISKA Township, settled in 1851, organized April 5, 1859, and its city with Winona County, located in sections 33-35, platted in 1854, are named from the Whitewater River, which is a translation of its Dakota name (Minne or Mini, "water"; ska, "white"). The city was incorporated on March 4, 1857, reincorporated on April 7, 1921, and separated from the township on May 9, 1921. The post office operated January-April 1856, when it was changed to Mount Vernon in Winona County, returning to Minneiska in September. Hear it pronounced in Dakota. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.