Preston Lake (Renville County, Minnesota)

Preston Lake Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 293 at the 2000 census. Preston Lake Township was organized in 1869.

Stewart is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 489 at the 2020 census, down from 571 in 2010.

Collins Township is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 436 at the 2020 census.

Lake Whitney is a lake in McLeod County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake Whitney bears the name of an early settler.

Lynn Township is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 519 at the 2020 census.

Heatwole is an unincorporated community in Lynn Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, southwest of Hutchinson. The community is located along McLeod County Road 18 (150th Street) near County 7. Walden Avenue is also in the immediate area. Heatwole is the home of the annual Heatwole Threshing Show every second weekend in August. The community was named for Joel Prescott Heatwole, a newspaper editor and politician, who served as mayor of Northfield, Minnesota from 1894 to 1895. Heatwole served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1895 to 1903.

Lake Marion is a lake in McLeod County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake Marion was named for Marion Hoag, the daughter of settler Charles Hoag.

Fernando is an unincorporated community in Round Grove Township, McLeod County, Minnesota, United States, near Stewart and Brownton. The community is located near the junction of McLeod County Roads 7 and 17. The community had a post office from 1899 to 1903. Unusually, Fernando's post office was located in the creamery, with the buttermaker, Ferdinand W. Fenske, acting as postmaster. The community was near a station along the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad.

Round Grove Township is a township in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 236 at the 2020 census.

Lake Addie is a ghost town in Sumter Township, McLeod County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.

Hutchinson Municipal Airport (ICAO: KHCD, FAA LID: HCD), also known as Butler Field, is a public airport located two miles (3 km) south of the central business district of Hutchinson, a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, United States. It is owned by the City of Hutchinson. The airport is home to the Civil Air Patrol. The FBO is operated by ASI JET. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Hutchinson Municipal Airport is assigned HCD by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA.

Hutchinson Senior High School was founded in the fall of 1877 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States. The school has over 17,000 graduates since its inception. [17,095 through 2023] The first graduating class included H. H. Bonniwell. Today, HHS graduates anywhere from 200-240 graduates per year. This rate has held fairly steady for the past 50 years. The first class over 100 was in 1942 (110) and the first class of 200 students occurred 23 years later in 1965. The last graduating class under 200 was in 1992. Over that time, Hutchinson HS has had a remarkably stable population of between 800-1100 students. Currently, the enrollment of Hutchinson HS is above 900 and expects to be there through the near future.