Angle Inlet, Minnesota

Angle Inlet, Minnesota
Census-designated place (CDP) & Unincorporated community
Angle Inlet, Minnesota
Location in Minnesota and the United States
Angle Inlet, Minnesota
Angle Inlet, Minnesota (the US)
Coordinates: 49°20′42″N 95°4′12″W / 49.34500°N 95.07000°W / 49.34500; -95.07000Coordinates: 49°20′42″N 95°4′12″W / 49.34500°N 95.07000°W / 49.34500; -95.07000
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Lake of the Woods
Area[1]
 • Total 2.017 sq mi (5.22 km2)
 • Land 1.736 sq mi (4.50 km2)
 • Water 0.281 sq mi (0.73 km2)
Elevation 1,063 ft (324 m)
Population (2010)[2]
 • Total 60
 • Density 30/sq mi (11/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Zip Code 56711
Area code(s) 218
GNIS feature ID 639371[3]

Angle Inlet is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Angle Township, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 60 as of the 2010 census.[2] The community is part of the Northwest Angle, the only place in the contiguous United States north of the 49th parallel; it is the northernmost census-designated place in the contiguous United States.[4] The French built Fort Saint Charles nearby in 1732.

Angle Inlet has the last one-room school in the state[5] and a post office with a sign stating that it is the "Most Northerly P.O. in Contiguous U.S."[6] To travel to Angle Inlet from other parts of Minnesota by road requires driving through Manitoba, Canada.

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on 2013-09-11. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
  3. ↑ "Angle Inlet". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
  4. ↑ Lake of the Woods Co. General Highway Map (PDF) (Map). 2011. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-04. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
  5. ↑ Ross, Jenna (June 1, 2015). "Minnesota's last one-room schoolhouse counts on its longtime teacher". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  6. ↑ "Chapter 4: The Watery Boundary". United Divide: A Linear Portrait of the USA/Canada Border. The Center for Land Use Interpretation. Winter 2015.
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