Cuba

Ghost town · Cass County, Minnesota

Pike Bay quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cuba is a ghost town in Cass County, Minnesota. It is the only former community in Cass County recorded on the federal names register, out of 85 across Minnesota.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cuba as a historical populated place on the Pike Bay topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 47.3722° N, 94.5194° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangle	Pike Bay
Elevation	1,332 ft
Nearest living town	Cass Lake, MN
Distance to it	3.8 miles
GNIS feature ID	2071406
Coordinates	47.37222, -94.51944

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What's there now

Cuba is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Cass Lake, MN (population 492), about 3.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,332 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Houpt
ghost town · Itasca County · 30.2 mi
Pinewood
ghost town · Beltrami County · 32.4 mi
Mallard
ghost town · Clearwater County · 35.3 mi
Shell City
ghost town · Wadena County · 44.7 mi

Sources and licences

USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
Wikidata — Wikidata item (CC0)
Wikidata — Wikipedia article (linked as a source; text not used) (CC0)
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.