Goodhue, Minnesota

Goodhue Township ( GUUD-hew) is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 530 at the 2000 census.

Claybank is an unincorporated community in Goodhue Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located near the junction of County 6 Boulevard and 350th Street. State Highway 58 (MN 58) is nearby. Nearby communities include Goodhue, Ryan, White Rock, Vasa, Belvidere Mills, and Hay Creek. It was once a station on the former Chicago Great Western Railway between Red Wing and Rochester, Minnesota. Rail spurs extended two miles to the east to clay pits, where clay was mined and shipped by rail to the stoneware industry of Red Wing. A post office was established as Claybank in 1890, and remained in operation until 1904.

The Goodhue Pioneer State Trail is a multi-use recreational rail trail in southeastern Minnesota, USA. The 10 miles (16 km) of trail currently exist in two segments, separated by a six-mile (10 km) gap. The four-mile (6 km) northern segment is a paved trail running from Red Wing, Minnesota, to the Hay Creek section of the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest near Hay Creek Township. The 5.5-mile (8.9 km) southern section is a natural-surface trail running northward from the Zumbrota Covered Bridge Park in Zumbrota, Minnesota. The trail corridor follows an abandoned Chicago Great Western Railway segment that was originally built by the Duluth, Red Wing, & Southern Railroad in 1888, and abandoned in 1964 following a derailment.The trail connects to the Cannon Valley Trail in Red Wing.

Zumbrota Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 591 at the 2000 census.

Featherstone Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 785 at the 2000 census.

Ryan is an unincorporated community in Belle Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The center of Ryan is generally considered near the intersection of 362nd Street and 165th Avenue. County 7 Boulevard and Wheat Trail are also in the immediate area. County 7 runs north–south. Nearby County Road 9 runs east–west. Ryan is located within ZIP code 55027 based in Goodhue. Nearby places include Goodhue, Cannon Falls, White Rock, Hader, Zumbrota, and Red Wing.

Goodhue County ( GUUD-hew) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 47,582. Its county seat is Red Wing. Nearly all of Prairie Island Indian Community is within the county. Goodhue County comprises the Red Wing, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area.

Bellechester is a city in Goodhue and Wabasha counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 175 at the 2010 census. Most of Bellchester is in Goodhue County, with only a small part extending into Wabasha County.

Hay Creek is an unincorporated community in Hay Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located at the junction of State Highway 58 (MN 58), Hay Creek Trail, and 315th Street. Hay Creek flows through the community. Nearby places include Red Wing, Goodhue, Belvidere Mills, Frontenac, and Lake City. Hay Creek was once a station on the Chicago Great Western Railway between Red Wing and Rochester, Minnesota. The abandoned railroad right-of-way is being developed as the Goodhue Pioneer State Trail.

Belle Creek Township is a township in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 437 at the 2000 census.

Belvidere Mills is an unincorporated community in Belvidere Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located near the junction of County 2 Boulevard and County 3 Boulevard. State Highway 58 (MN 58) and County Road 9 are also nearby. Wells Creek and Clear Creek both flow through the community. Nearby places include Goodhue, Red Wing, Frontenac, Bellechester, and Lake City. Belvidere Mills is located in sections 4 and 5 of Belvidere Township. ZIP codes 55027 (Goodhue) and 55066 (Red Wing) meet near Belvidere Mills. The community had a post office from 1877 to 1905.

Immanuel Lutheran Church is a historic church in Hay Creek Township, Goodhue County, Minnesota, Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, near the city of Red Wing. The congregation was organized in 1858 by German Lutheran families who had settled in Flower Valley. Their first pastor, William Wier, came to administer the sacrament twice a year through the summer of 1861. The first church building was a three-room building completed around 1862. A number of German Lutherans in the southern part of the township wanted to join the Immanuel congregation, so the congregation established a northern district and a southern district. This arrangement continued for a while until the building in Flower Valley was moved to the current location in Hay Creek in 1868. The land in Hay Creek consisted of two acres donated by a Mr. W. Plote. The congregation grew steadily through the 1870s and 1880s. In 1893, the congregation began discussing whether they should build a new church or repair the existing structure. On February 23, 1897, the members voted to build a new church. Peter Tubesing of Red Wing proposed a floor plan, and the members initially decided to build a brick church with a cost not exceeding $4000. The voting members of the congregation later decided on April 1 to build a wood-frame church, after reviewing the costs of construction. They also decided to build the church with a balcony, an alcove room next to the altar, colored glass in the windows, and with a furnace for heating. The foundation wall was started on April 20, and the cornerstone was laid on May 16. The cornerstone ceremony attracted nearly 600 people from Goodhue, Belvidere, Frontenac, and Red Wing. The church was dedicated on November 7, 1897, with nearly 1000 visitors attending.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 as a symbol of regional German American settlement, Southeast Minnesota's third-largest immigrant group after Swedes and Norwegians.The church is part of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.