Larsmont, Minnesota

Coordinates: 46°58′45″N 91°44′45″W / 46.97917°N 91.74583°W

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Larsmont, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 46°58′45″N 91°44′45″W / 46.97917°N 91.74583°W / 46.97917; -91.74583
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Lake
Elevation	666 ft (203 m)
Population
• Total	110
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55616
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	656953^[1]

Larsmont is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Minnesota, United States, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. It is five miles southwest of Two Harbors on the North Shore Scenic Drive (County 61).

Larsmont is within Lake No. 2 Unorganized Territory of Lake County.

History

Larsmont was first settled in 1888 at Milepost 22 on the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad.^[2] It was founded by Finland-Swedish immigrants from Larsmo, Ostrobothnia. They originally requested to name the town Larsmo, but officials did not approve and instead chose the name Larsmont.^[3]^[4] Later residents came from Munsala in Nykarleby, Finland.^[5]

On October 12, 1918, part of the great 1918 Cloquet Fire burned down the hillside as far as the railroad tracks. People who lived on the hillside took refuge in homes along the lakeshore. Six cars of Home Guards came from Two Harbors to help fight the fire.^[6]

A post office was established in 1916. In 1963, Larsmont was assigned ZIP code 55610. The ZIP code was retired on November 1, 1978, and the post office closed.^[7] Larsmont is now covered by ZIP code 55616, based in Two Harbors.

References

^ "Larsmont, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Norgard, Irene Hill, Larsmont Yesterday, 1980
^ Sundman, Sara. "Följ med HBL till finlandssvenska Larsmont i Minnesota!". www.hbl.fi (in Swedish). Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ Alanen, Arnold R. (2012). Finns in Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0-87351-854-3. OCLC 769430592.
^ Myhrman, Anders (1972). Finlandssvenskar i Amerika [The Finland-Swedes in America] (in Swedish). Helsinki: Society of Swedish Literature in Finland. p. 267. ISBN 9789519017044.
^ Norgard, Irene Hill, Larsmont Yesterday, 1980, p34
^ Norgard, Irene Hill, Larsmont Yesterday, 1980, p13

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Two Harbors
Cities	Beaver Bay Silver Bay Two Harbors	Map of Minnesota highlighting Lake County
Townships	Beaver Bay Crystal Bay Fall Lake Silver Creek Stony River
CDPs	Finland Knife River
Other communities	Alger Castle Danger Cramer East Beaver Bay Highland Illgen City Isabella Larsmont Lax Lake Little Marais McNair Murphy City Sawbill Landing Section Thirty Silver Creek Stewart Toimi Waldo Wales
Unorganized territories	Lake No. 1 Lake No. 2
Ghost town	Splitrock
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