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Schley, Minnesota

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US

Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States

47°22′08″N 94°24′58″W / 47.36889°N 94.41611°W / 47.36889; -94.41611CountryUnited StatesStateMinnesotaCountyCassElevation

1,312 ft (400 m)Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)ZIP code

56633

Area code218GNIS feature ID658177^[1]

Schley is an unincorporated community in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, within the Bowstring State Forest and the Chippewa National Forest. It is located between Cass Lake and Bena along U.S. Highway 2 near Forest Road 2958.

History

Schley was established as a station on the Great Northern Railway in the summer of 1898, shortly after US Naval Commodore Winfield Scott Schley's Flying Squadron defeated the Spanish Navy in the Battle of Santiago de Cuba. Schley and the two railroad stations immediately to the west - Santiago and Cuba - commemorate this victory.^[2]

A post office was established at Schley in 1931, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1968.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Schley, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 92.
^ "Cass County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 12, 2015.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Schley Post Office (historical)