Leaf River, Minnesota

Leaf River, or Leafriver, is a ghost town in section 22 of Leaf River Township, Wadena County, Minnesota, United States.Today the town has a population around 50.

There is a restaurant, a golf course, an old school house and a residential community.

[2] The village received its name from the Leaf River, which was in turn named for the Leaf Mountains, which were called by the Ojibwa Gaaskibag-wajiwan.

[3] This name was translated by Gilfillan as "Rustling Leaf Mountains."

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