Bluff Creek is a tributary of the lower Minnesota River. The stream begins at the headwaters located at the Bluff Creek Preserve in Chanhassen, Minnesota near Minnesota State Highway 41 in the north and discharges into the Minnesota River floodplain near Shakopee in Scott County in the south. Bluff Creek is part of the Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek watershed district of Chanhassen and Eden Prairie.
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Little Chicago is an unincorporated community in Webster Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located between Lonsdale and Northfield on State Highway 19. Interstate 35 is nearby.
Knowles Creek flows through the community. The community is located at the junction of Lonsdale Boulevard and Canby Trail.
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Union Lake is a lake in Rice County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Union Lake was so named for the fact two streams flow into the lake where their waters are "united".
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The Church of the Annunciation is a church in Rice County, Minnesota in Webster Township near Northfield. It was designed by John Wheeler, in the Craftsman style, and has an ornamental corner tower. A study of historic properties in Rice County says that its architecture also includes Shingle Style. The church was originally opened in 1853, and after a lightning strike burned down the original chapel, the current chapel was built and completed in 1913. It continues to operate to this day.
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Hazelwood is an unincorporated community in Webster Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located at the junction of Rice County Roads 3 and 46, near Interstate 35, 15 miles north of Faribault.
Dutch Creek flows through the community. Nearby places also include Lonsdale, Elko New Market, and Northfield.
Hazelwood had a post office from 1857 to 1905, which was operated out of postmaster John J. McCabe's general store.
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Webster Township is a township in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,825 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Hazelwood, Little Chicago, and Webster are in Webster Township.
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