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Coordinates: 48°04′13″N 95°43′19″W / 48.0702386°N 95.7219580°W / 48.0702386; -95.7219580
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Pennington
Elevation	1,171 ft (357 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	1989114

Erie is a small unincorporated community in Pennington County, Minnesota, United States. The community had local businesses until the late 20th century with the closing of its last store, Sjulstad Store.

A post office called Erie was established in 1905, and remained in operation until 1938. The community was named after Erie, Pennsylvania.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Erie
2. "Pennington County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
3. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 406.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Pennington County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Thief River Falls
Cities	Goodridge St. Hilaire Thief River Falls
Townships	Black River Bray Clover Leaf Deer Park Goodridge Hickory Highlanding Kratka Mayfield Norden North Numedal Polk Centre Reiner River Falls Rocksbury Sanders Silverton Smiley Star Wyandotte
Unincorporated communities	Erie Hazel Highlanding Kratka Mavie
Indian reservation	Red Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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