Constance was the name of an unincorporated community in Anoka County

Anoka County, Minnesota

Anoka County is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is bordered by the counties of Isanti on the north, Chisago and Washington on the east, Hennepin and Ramsey on the south, Sherburne on the west, and the Mississippi River on the southwest.As of 2010, Anoka...

, Minnesota

Minnesota

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, United States

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. The site of Constance village, now abandoned, is within the present boundaries of the city of Andover

Andover, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 26,588 people, 8,107 households, and 7,150 families residing in the city. The population density was 779.6 people per square mile . There were 8,205 housing units at an average density of 240.6 per square mile...

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History

The village of Constance was founded in section 13 of Grow Township sometime prior to 1897 and had a post office from 1897 until 1955. Constance formerly had a station of the Burlington Northern Railroad

Burlington Northern Railroad

The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996....

, since defunct. Little trace of the village itself remains, and Grow Township incorporated as the city of Andover

Andover, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 26,588 people, 8,107 households, and 7,150 families residing in the city. The population density was 779.6 people per square mile . There were 8,205 housing units at an average density of 240.6 per square mile...

in 1973, but Constance Boulevard remains a main two-lane road in the local area.