BlockGreen Valley, Minnesota
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Fairview Township. It lies in ZIP code area 56258. The Survey maps it on the Green Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Green Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Montevideo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
3,911 words on this townshipHistory of Lyon County, published 1884; An Illustrated History of Lyon County, Minnesota, published 1912 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Fairview Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Fairview Township - 3,911 words.
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garvin Park | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Marshall | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Village Park | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Ghent | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cottonwood | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dudley | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Lynd | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Minneota | 12.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Green Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5603352 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644426. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.