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Fernando, Minnesota
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°39′06″N 94°27′28″W / 44.65167°N 94.45778°W / 44.65167; -94.45778
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	McLeod
Township	Round Grove
Elevation	1,060 ft (320 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55385
Area code	320
GNIS feature ID	643613

Fernando is an unincorporated community in Round Grove Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, near Stewart and Brownton. The community is located near the junction of McLeod County Roads 7 and 17.

The community had a post office from 1899 to 1903. Unusually, Fernando's post office was located in the creamery, with the buttermaker, Ferdinand W. Fenske, acting as postmaster. The community was near a station along the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.

References

1. "Fernando, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Upham, Warren (2001). Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition. Saint Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press. p. 359. ISBN 0-87351-396-7. Retrieved September 29, 2007.

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County seat: Glencoe
Cities	Biscay Brownton Glencoe Hutchinson Lester Prairie Plato Silver Lake Stewart Winsted
Townships	Acoma Bergen Collins Glencoe Hale Hassan Valley Helen Hutchinson Lynn Penn Rich Valley Round Grove Sumter Winsted
Unincorporated communities	Fernando Heatwole Komensky Koniska Sherman South Silver Lake Sumter
Ghost town	Lake Addie
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