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Topelius, Minnesota
Topelius
is a
ghost town
in
Otter Tail County
, in the U.S. state of
Minnesota
.
History
A
post office
was
established
under the name Dopelius on
May 10
,
1901
, and remained in
operation
until
January 31
,
1916
. The
community
was
renamed
by
Heikki
Hendrickson
for
Zachris Topelius
, a
Swedish-language
poet
, when the
post
office
began in 1901.