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Viola
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 44°03′48″N 92°16′06″W / 44.06333°N 92.26833°W / 44.06333; -92.26833
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Olmsted
Township	Viola Township
Elevation	1,155 ft (352 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55934
Area code	507
GNIS feature ID	653671

Viola is an unincorporated community in Viola Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. It is the site of a yearly Gopher Count festival, which began in 1874.

The community is located along Olmsted County Road 2 (Viola Road) near 105th Avenue NE and Center Street. State Highway 42 (MN 42) and Olmsted County Road 24 are also in the immediate area. Nearby places include Eyota, Elgin, and Rochester.

The North Fork of the Whitewater River flows through the community.

History

Viola was platted in 1878. The community was named for Viola Buck, the wife of a settler.

References

1. "Viola, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 388.
3. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 134.

External links

• Gopher Count festival – June

v t e Municipalities and communities of Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States
County seat: Rochester
Cities	Byron Chatfield‡ Dover Eyota Oronoco Pine Island‡ Rochester Stewartville
Townships	Cascade Dover Elmira Eyota Farmington Haverhill High Forest Kalmar Marion New Haven Orion Oronoco Pleasant Grove Quincy Rochester Rock Dell Salem Viola
CDPs	High Forest Marion
Unincorporated communities	Chester Cummingsville Danesville‡ Douglas Genoa Judge Pleasant Grove Post Town Potsdam Predmore Ringe Rock Dell Salem Corners Shanty Town Simpson Viola
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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