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Dora Lake
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 47°44′19″N 94°02′25″W / 47.73861°N 94.04028°W / 47.73861; -94.04028
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Itasca
Township	Kinghurst Township
Elevation	1,325 ft (404 m)
Population
• Total	70
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	56661
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	656029

Dora Lake is an unincorporated community in Kinghurst Township, Itasca County, Minnesota, United States; located within the Chippewa National Forest. The community is located near Wirt at the junction of Itasca County Roads 29 and 145.

Nearby places include Northome, Wirt, Max, and Alvwood. Dora Lake is located 20 miles southeast of Northome; and 22 miles west of Bigfork. Dora Lake is 24 miles east of Blackduck; and 41 miles northwest of Deer River.

ZIP codes 56661 (Northome), 56688 (Wirt), and 56659 (Max) all meet near Dora Lake. A post office previously operated in the community of Dora Lake, first as Popple (1905–1946), and then as Dora Lake (1946–1953), until its closing in 1953.

The Bowstring River is nearby.

References

1. "Dora Lake, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

• Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
• Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
• Mn/DOT map of Itasca County – Sheet 2 – 2011 edition

v t e Municipalities and communities of Itasca County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Grand Rapids
Cities	Bigfork Bovey Calumet Cohasset Coleraine Deer River Effie Grand Rapids Keewatin La Prairie Marble Nashwauk Squaw Lake Taconite Warba Zemple
Townships	Alvwood Arbo Ardenhurst Balsam Bearville Bigfork Blackberry Bowstring Carpenter Deer River Feeley Good Hope Goodland Grand Rapids Grattan Greenway Harris Iron Range Kinghurst Lake Jessie Lawrence Lone Pine Marcell Max Moose Park Morse Nashwauk Nore Oteneagen Pomroy Sago Sand Lake Spang Splithand Stokes Third River Trout Lake Wabana Wawina Wildwood Wirt
Unorganized territories	Bowstring Lake Deer Lake Effie Liberty Little Sand Lake Northeast Itasca
CDPs	Ball Club Goodland Inger
Other communities	Alvwood Bass Lake Bear River Bergville Blackberry Bowstring Dora Lake Dunbar Grattan Houpt Jessie Lake Mack Marcell Martin Max Orth Pengilly Pomroy Rosy Spring Lake Suomi Swan River Talmoon Togo Wawina Wirt
Indian reservations	Deer Creek Indian Reservation‡ Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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