Croftville, Minnesota | |
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Unincorporated community | |
Location of the community of Croftville within Cook County |
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Coordinates: 47°45′54″N 90°16′32″W / 47.76500°N 90.27556°WCoordinates: 47°45′54″N 90°16′32″W / 47.76500°N 90.27556°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Cook |
Elevation | 627 ft (191 m) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
Area code(s) | 218 |
GNIS feature ID | 655875 |
Croftville is an unincorporated community in Cook County, Minnesota, United States.
The community is located 3 miles northeast of the city of Grand Marais on Minnesota Highway 61.
Highway 61 and County Road 87 (Croftville Road) are two of the main routes in the community.
Croftville, which thrived in the early 1900s, was first settled by Peter Olsen and brothers Charles and Joe Croft, from whom the community got its name.