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Luce Line Bike-Walk Trail. Hutchinson is in northwestern McLeod County. State highways 7, 15, and 22 are three of the city's main routes. MN 7 leads east 58 miles (93 km) to Minneapolis and west 69 miles (111 km) to Montevideo, MN 15 leads north 50 miles (80 km) to St. Cloud and south 42 miles (68 km) to New Ulm, and MN 22 leads southeast 14 miles (23 km) to Glencoe, the McLeod county seat ...
The township is in northern McLeod County, bordered to the north by Meeker County and to the southwest by Hutchinson, the largest city in McLeod County.. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.3 square miles (89 km 2), of which 32.3 square miles (84 km 2) are land and 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2), or 6.05%, are water. [1]
McLeod County (/ m ə k ˈ l aʊ d / mək-LOWD) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. At the 2020 census, the population was 36,771. [2] Its county seat is Glencoe. [3] McLeod County comprises the Hutchinson, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area and is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area.
Minnesota State Highway 7, or Trunk Highway 7, (MN 7, TH 7) is a state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 near Beardsley and continues east to its terminus with MN 100 and County Road 25 (CR 25) in St. Louis Park. The highway runs east–west for approximately 194.2 miles (312.5 km) through mostly rural farmland ...
Minnesota State Highway 7 crosses the southwest part of the township, leading southeast into Hutchinson and west to Cosmos. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 34.9 square miles (90 km 2 ), of which 31.5 square miles (82 km 2 ) are land and 3.4 square miles (8.8 km 2 ), or 9.62%, are water. [ 1 ]
The Merrill House was completed in 1858 by one of Hutchinson's founders, Lewis Harrington. Harrington came to Minnesota in 1855, where he met the Hutchinson brothers John, Asa, and Judson. Along with other investors, they formed the Hutchinson Company. The company selected the town site of Hutchinson in November 1855.
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891, and is the source of the Mississippi River. [79] Today Minnesota has 72 state parks and recreation areas, 58 state forests covering about four million acres (16,000 km 2), and numerous state wildlife preserves, all managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The Merton S. Goodnow House at 446 S. Main St. in Hutchinson, Minnesota was built in 1913. It was designed by Purcell, Feick & Elmslie.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.