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Country
  
United States

County
  
Lake of the Woods

Area code(s)
  
218

Elevation
  
327 m

State
  
Minnesota

Time zone
  
Central (CST) (UTC-6)

GNIS feature ID
  
649255

Local time
  
Saturday 11:01 PM

Penasse, Minnesota

Weather
  
2°C, Wind SE at 29 km/h, 76% Humidity

Penasse is an unincorporated community in Angle Township, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. Penasse is located on Penasse Island in Lake of the Woods, in the northern part of Northwest Angle. Its location makes it the northernmost populated place in the contiguous United States. The community was named for Tom Penasse, an American Indian from the area; it had a post office from 1920 to 1969. The French built Fort Saint Charles nearby in 1732.

Map of Penasse, MN 56711, USA

References

Penasse, Minnesota Wikipedia