LITTLE MINNESOTA - 45 - on Waymarking.com

Since 1973, all incorporated towns were declared officially to be ‘cities’ by an act of the Minnesota Legislature. Ever wonder about those ‘little cities’? This series of 100 waymarks will take you to all corners of the great state of Minnesota to visit the 100 smallest of the incorporated cities in the state. All have a great story to tell.
This is the 45th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Kinbrae is a city in the extreme northeast corner of Nobles County. It was founded in 1879 by the Dundee Land Company of Scotland, was at first called Airlie for the Earl of Airlie, who was president of the land company. When the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad planned a route form Heron Lake to Fulda, the Scottish Earl formed the land company with the express purpose of building a railroad town. He built a steam elevator and a general store. Unfortunately, a rival railroad platted the city of Dundee only a mile away and their proximity stifled the growth of both. The Earl of Airlie, David Ogilvy’s granddaughter was married to Sir Winston Churchill from 1908 until his death in 1965.
Kinbrae was incorporated in 1896 and is currently the home to 12 persons. Recently the mayor and city council voted to keep Kinbrae an incorporated municipality, even with the diminished population.
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