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Gishville

Ghost town · Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Kilkenny quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000)
Kilkenny quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1966, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

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

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Gishville as a historical populated place on the Kilkenny 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 44.2610° N, 93.5861° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleKilkenny
Elevation1,066 ft
Nearest living townWaterville, MN
Distance to it2.8 miles
GNIS feature ID2611495
Coordinates44.26100, -93.58609

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What's there now

Gishville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Waterville, MN (population 1,778), about 2.8 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,066 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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