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Waubun
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Waubun
Total population
419
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Overview
Waubun is a city in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 409 at the 2020 census.
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History
The city was incorporated as a village on December 18, 1907. When the Soo Line was built through the county in 1903–4, the general manager, Pennington, and his chief engineer, Thomas Green, named the stations as they moved the line north; all towns on the White Earth Indian Reservation had to have Ojibwe Native American names. The community post office was established in 1905 as Bement and changed to Waubun in 1906. and "dawn of day".
Geography
Waubun is in southwestern Mahnomen County on the west side of U.S. Route 59, which leads north to Mahnomen, the county seat, and south to Ogema. State Highway 113 runs along the community's south side, leading east to Elbow Lake and west to its terminus at Syre. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Waubun has an area of , all of it land. The city is in the western part of the White Earth Indian Reservation, which includes all of Mahnomen County and parts of neighboring counties to the east and south.
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