Tofte, Minnesota

Tofte is an unincorporated community in Tofte Township, Cook County, Minnesota, United States.

Tofte
Unincorporated community
Sunrise over Lake Superior in Tofte
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Coordinates: 47°34′26″N 90°50′11″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Cook
Elevation	627 ft (191 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes	55615
Area code(s)	218
GNIS feature ID	658702[1]

The community is located on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Tofte is located 27 miles southwest of the city of Grand Marais; and 56 miles northeast of the city of Two Harbors.

Minnesota Highway 61 and Cook County Road 2 (Sawbill Trail) are two of the main routes in the community. Tofte is located within the Superior National Forest.

Temperance River State Park, the Gitchi-Gami State Trail, the Superior Hiking Trail, and the Carlton Peak Lookout are all nearby.

The communities of Schroeder and Taconite Harbor are immediately southwest of Tofte.

A post office called Tofte has been in operation since 1897.[2] The community was named for natives of Tofte, Norway.[3]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
2. "Cook County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
3. Warren Upham (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 137.