Enterprise, Minnesota

Enterprise is an abandoned townsite in section 36 of Utica Township, in Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

Enterprise was founded by Alexander Whittier, who established three inns at the roadside in the 1850s.

A mill and dam were built by Nathan B. Ufford in 1854, and a post office was opened in Luther C. Rice's general store in 1858.

Enterprise's Post Office was then relocated to new Postmaster Nathan B. Ufford's mill.

A number of businesses operated in Enterprise, most notably the mill, a match factory, and a lime kiln,[2] but with the development of nearby Lewiston four miles to the north, the town dwindled, and eventually the post office was discontinued in 1901.