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Puposky
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 47°41′N 94°55′W / 47.68°N 94.91°W / 47.68; -94.91
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Beltrami
Elevation	1,371 ft (418 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code	218
GNIS feature ID	654894

Puposky is an unincorporated community in Durand Township, Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. It lies at 47°41′N 94°55′W / 47.68°N 94.91°W / 47.68; -94.91.

Puposky was officially founded on September 26, 1905. The railroad was coming through, and a Post Office also started that same year.

The town is three blocks long, has a post office (zip code 56667), a town hall, and a church (with cemetery).

Population

The 2010 state census listed Durand Township's population at 175, with no specific information on the town of Puposky itself. The sign outside the town lists the population at 89, but this number has remained static for several decades and is arguably inaccurate. In 2011, local sources said the population has been as low as 37 residents in the past.

Origin

Puposky's name is derived from an Ojibwe word which means "shaking ground" referring to the swampy terrain.

References

1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Puposky, Minnesota
2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 39.

External links

• Community of Puposky

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County seat: Bemidji
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Townships	Alaska Battle Bemidji Benville Birch Buzzle Cormant Durand Eckles Frohn Grant Valley Hagali Hamre Hines Hornet Jones Kelliher Lammers Langor Lee Liberty Maple Ridge Minnie Moose Lake Nebish Northern O'Brien Port Hope Quiring Roosevelt Shooks Shotley Spruce Grove Steenerson Sugar Bush Summit Taylor Ten Lake Turtle Lake Turtle River Waskish Woodrow
CDPs	Little Rock Ponemah Red Lake Redby
Unorganized territories	Brook Lake Lower Red Lake North Beltrami Shotley Brook Upper Red Lake
Unincorporated communities	Gates Corner Hines Island Lake Pennington Pinewood Puposky Rosby‡ Saum Shooks Waskish
Indian reservations	Leech Lake Indian Reservation‡ Red Lake Indian Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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