Minneota

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Minneota MN 56264
United States
44° 35' 1.9428" N, 95° 56' 27.4956" W
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Mni Sota Makoce
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Minneota is in Jackson County MINNEOTA Township, organized October 15, 1866, has a Dakota name, meaning "much water," given partly for its group of several small lakes but mainly for the adjoining large Spirit Lake and Lake Okoboji in northwest Iowa. A village by the same name was located in the township about 1940. 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.