Pinewood

Ghost town · Beltrami County, Minnesota

Solway quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1919, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Pinewood is a ghost town in Beltrami County, Minnesota, recorded as human settlement in Buzzle Township, Minnesota, United States of America. It is the only former community in Beltrami County recorded on the federal names register, out of 85 across Minnesota.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Pinewood as a historical populated place: 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 47.5972° N, 95.1278° W.

Key facts

Elevation	1,420 ft
Nearest living town	Solway, MN
Distance to it	5.3 miles
Coordinates	47.59720, -95.12780

Open the location on a map

What's there now

Pinewood is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Solway, MN (population 116), about 5.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,420 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Mallard
ghost town · Clearwater County · 20.8 mi
Winsor
ghost town · Clearwater County · 22.2 mi
Cuba
ghost town · Cass County · 32.4 mi
Houpt
ghost town · Itasca County · 37.1 mi
Kratka
ghost town · Pennington County · 49 mi
Terrebonne
ghost town · Red Lake County · 49.5 mi

Sources and licences

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.