Oak Lake, Minnesota
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Oak Lake is a ghost town
in section 24 of Audubon Township
in Becker County
, Minnesota
, United States
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, but was abandoned in 1872 when a new station was built in the town of Audubon
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Ghost town
A ghost town is an abandoned town or city. A town often becomes a ghost town because the economic activity that supported it has failed, or due to natural or human-caused disasters such as floods, government actions, uncontrolled lawlessness, war, or nuclear disasters...
in section 24 of Audubon Township
Audubon Township, Minnesota
Audubon Township is a township in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 416 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and is water....
in Becker County
Becker County, Minnesota
Becker County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2010, the population was 32,504. Its county seat is Detroit Lakes. A portion of the White Earth Indian Reservation extends into the county.-History:...
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Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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History
The village of Oak Lake, which was also known as Oak Lake Cut or Oak City, had a station of the Northern Pacific Railroad located in nearby section 19 of Detroit TownshipDetroit Township, Minnesota
Detroit Township is a township in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,359 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and is water....
, but was abandoned in 1872 when a new station was built in the town of Audubon
Audubon, Minnesota
Audubon is a city in Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 519 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and 1.69% is water.-Demographics:...
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