WayfarrowTaconite Harbor
Ghost town · Cook County, Minnesota
Taconite Harbor is a ghost town in Cook County, Minnesota. It is one of 2 former communities in Cook County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 15th among the 45 Minnesota counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Taconite Harbor as a historical populated place on the Schroeder 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 47.5224° N, 90.9288° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Schroeder |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 693 ft |
| Nearest living town | Lutsen, MN |
| Distance to it | 15.2 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 658592 |
| Coordinates | 47.52240, -90.92876 |
What's there now
Taconite Harbor is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lutsen, MN (population 234), about 15.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 693 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Split Rock Lighthouselighthouse · Lake County · 30.3 mi
- Grand Marais Lightlighthouse · Cook County · 31.5 mi
- Devils Island Lightlighthouse · Ashland County · 32 mi
- Splitrockghost town · Lake County · 32.5 mi
- Sand Island Lightlighthouse · Bayfield County · 35.9 mi
- Londonghost town · Lake County · 37.3 mi
- Raspberry Island Lightlighthouse · Bayfield County · 38.6 mi
- Outer Island Lightlighthouse · Ashland County · 39.1 mi
- Colvillghost town · Cook County · 40.5 mi
- Gull Island Lightlighthouse · Ashland County · 48.3 mi
- Two Harbors Lighthouselighthouse · Lake County · 49.3 mi
- Michigan Island Lightlighthouse · Ashland County · 49.4 mi
Questions
Where is Taconite Harbor?
Taconite Harbor is in Cook County, Minnesota, at 47.5224, -90.9288.
How many ghost towns are in Cook County?
Cook County, Minnesota has 2 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- 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.