Kanaranzi

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Kanaranzi MN 56146
United States
43° 32' 60" N, 96° 6' 36" W
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Mni Sota Makoce
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Kanaranzi is in Rock County KANARANZI Township, organized January 15, 1873, bears the name of its creek, which is spelled Karanzi on Nicollet's map, a Dakota word, translated as meaning "where the Kansas were killed." The community of this name in section 3 was platted in August 1885; its post office was established in 1886, with Glenn T. Bandy as postmaster on his farm. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.