Waukon

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Waukon MN 56386
United States
46° 6' 25.218" N, 93° 31' 45.1236" W
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Waukon is in Norman County WAUKON Township, organized in 1880, has a Dakota name, meaning "spiritual, sacred, wonderful." It probably refers to the grandeur of the view westward over the broad Red River valley, this township being crossed by the highest shoreline of Lake Agassiz. A village in section 16 had a post office, 1895-1905. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.