Topelius, Minnesota

Topelius (also called Dopelius, Amboy, or Benton's Crossing) is a ghost town in Otter Tail County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]

History

A post office was established under the name Dopelius on May 10, 1901, and remained in operation until January 31, 1916.[2][3] The community was renamed by Heikki Hendrickson (Kantomaa) for Zachris Topelius, a Swedish-language poet, when the post office began in 1901.[4][5]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Topelius (historical)
  2. "Otter Tail County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dopelius Post Office (historical)
  4. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 393.
  5. Wasastjerna, Hans R., and Toivo Rosvall. History of the Finns in Minnesota. Minnesota Finnish-American Historical Society, 1957.


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