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Calumet Minnesota Community Guide

Calumet is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota. U.S. Highway 169 serves as a main arterial route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.6 square miles (4.1 km˛), of which, 1.6 square miles (4.1 km˛) of it is land and 0.62% is water. The elevation is 1,381 ft (421 m) above sea level.

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In 1880 several logging companies were operating near the future site of the village of Calumet. The logging companies, sometimes employing as many as 100 men, brought the first settlers to the Calumet area.

Named after the Indian peace pipes, Calumet became a permanent community when the Hill Mine was put into operation.

Businesses of all kinds came to Calumet. By 1909 a general store, hardware store, a women's clothing store, blacksmith shop, cigar factory, ice house, livery barn, butcher shop, public sauna and fourteen saloons had opened.

Mining has been Calumet's principal economic base since the community was formed. The most important of the Calumet mines was the Hill-Annex Mine, one of the largest state-owned mines in Minnesota. Since the closing of the mine, the state has erected interpretive facilities overlooking the mine for visitor use.

Today Calumet still retains much of the flavor of an early mining community and warrants a turn off Highway 169 for a brief step into the history of Minnesota's iron ranges.

Excerpt From: Iron Range Country
A Historical Travelogue of Minnesota's Iron Ranges
Published by: The IRRRB 1979

CALUMET, a city of Greenway Township, bears the French name (from the Latin calamus, a reed) of the ceremonial pipe used by the Indians in making treaties or other solemn engagements. Assent was expressed by smoking the calumet, which, from treaties preventing or terminating wars, was often called the peace pipe. The city began as a logging site in the 1880s, but its chief source of employment was the Hill Annex Mine; 480 acres were platted by the Powers Improvement Company, selling lots beginning in 1908. The Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway built a line through in 1906; the post office was established in 1908; it was incorporated as a village on May 21, 1909.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

Minnesota State Highway Map of the Calumet Minnesota area

Hill Annex State Park PO Box 376 Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7215

Go down in history with a tour of the Hill Annex Iron Mine. On the 1 1/2-hour open pit mine tour, visitors make a spectacular descent into mining's past. Learn about the mine operation, the people who worked here, and where they came from. Discover marine fossils in northern Minnesota. Get a sense of the mine's deep, rich history. Learn how this National Historic Site played an important role in state, national, and world history.

Lake Name	Size (acres)	Lake info	Lake Map	Rec Map	Topo Map
Big Sucker	230
Lower Panaca	n/a
Mud	n/a
Ox Hide	121
Snowball	146
Swan	2,472
Upper Panaca	n/a

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A Time For You PO Box 157  Calumet, MN 55716  Phone: (218) 244-9222
American Bank of Nashwauk 572 5th Avenue Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7536
Calumet Bait & Antiques 912 Gary Street  Calumet, MN 55716  Phone: (218) 247-3111
Calumet Chevrolet Buick 927 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7513 Toll Free:(877) 676-7513 Update: Closed and building razed
Calumet City Hall 932 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716  Phone: (218) 247-7542
Calumet Depot Craft Shop 890 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7389
Calumet Fire Department Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: n/a
Calumet Library 932 Gary Street  Calumet, MN 55716  Phone: (218) 247-3108
Calumet Service Center Highway 169 Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7123
Calumet Spur Highway 169 Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7891
Calumet Village Shop 110 Mesabi Avenue Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-3141
Front Porch Antiques & Crafts 915 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247- 0177 Large selection of antiques and crafts, including Redwing, Hull, Hall, McCoy, carnival glass, depression glass, children's books, toys and much more!
Kraus Anderson Construction 358 3rd Avenue  Calumet, MN 55716  Phone: (218) 247-3166
Old Calumet Saloon 945 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-3137
Roadway Lounge 977 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7315
School Craft PO Box 376 Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 566-2383
Snowball Mountain Guns 935 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716  Phone: (218) 247-7677 We have a great inventory. You will find youth, left-handed and special order items. We offer gun smithing, rifles, shotguns, handguns, clothing and reloading supplies. Stop by! We are easy to find!
Tahtinen's Tats 933 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716 Phone: (218) 247-7889
US Post Office 930 Gary Street Calumet, MN 55716-5000 Phone: (218) 247-7486

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