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Montevideo (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ v ɪ d i oʊ / MON-tə-VID-ee-oh) [6] is a city and the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,398 at the 2020 census. [3] The area around Montevideo was populated by Native Americans and fur traders during the first half of the 19th Century.
U.S. Highway 212 (US 212) within the state of Minnesota travels from the South Dakota state line in the west, crosses the southwestern part of the state, to the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area in the east and end at its interchange with US 169 and State Highway 62 (MN 62) in the Minneapolis suburb of Edina.
The township was originally to be called Chippewa Township but later was renamed as that name was already taken for a township in Douglas County. The township was first settled along the timber districts along the Minnesota River. Later immigration filled in the prairies with farmsteads, with the first house being built on the prairie in 1869. [4]
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Minnesota State Highway 29 (MN 29) is a 126.592-mile-long (203.730 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its junction with U.S. Highways 59 and 212 in Montevideo and continues north to its terminus at U.S. Highway 71 in Wadena.
The Swensson Farm Museum is a historic farmstead located in Chippewa County, Minnesota, six miles (10 km) east of Montevideo.Established by Norwegian immigrants Olof and Ingeborg Swensson in the 1880s, the farmstead today serves as open-air museum operated by the Chippewa County Historical Society showcasing pioneer life and Swedish-American heritage.
Chippewa County (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ p ə ˌ w ɑː / CHIP-ə-WAH) [3] is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,598. [4] Its county seat is Montevideo. [5] The county was formed in 1862, and was organized in 1868.
US 61 north (Main Street) / MN 58 ends (Plum Street) – Hastings: Northern end of US 61 overlap; northern end of MN 58: 96.059: 154.592: MN 58 south (Plum Street) – Zumbrota: Southern end of MN 58 overlap: Mississippi River: 96.483: 155.274: Red Wing Bridge (Minnesota–Wisconsin state line) Pierce: Hager City: US 63 north – Ellsworth ...