Pokegama (/pəˈkɛɡɒˌmɑː/) is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River.
Pokegama
Bakegamaang | |
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 Sign in Pokegama | |
  Pokegama Location of the community of Pokegama within Pokegama Township, Pine County  Pokegama Pokegama (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°49′18″N 93°02′54″W / 45.82167°N 93.04833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Pine |
| Township | Pokegama Township |
| Elevation | 932 ft (284 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 70 |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55030 and 55063 |
| Area code | 320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 649613[1] |
The community is located between Pine City and Henriette; near the intersection of Pine County 7 and Pine County 13.[2]
History
editOriginally an Ojibwa village, Pokegama housed a Presbyterian Mission ran by Frederick Ayer, claiming to print the first Christian Bible in the Ojibwe language in Minnesota.[3]
As of 2004, Pokegama held the Minnesota state record low temperature records for March (-49 F in 1897), November (-45 F in 1896), and December (-57 F in 1898).[4]
References
edit- ^ "Pokegama, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ MnDOT Pokegama Township Map, 2016
- ^ Cordes, Jim (1989). Pine County ... and its memories. North Branch: Jim Cordes.
- ^ Monthly State Minimum/Maximum Extremes, 2004