Editing Jacobson, Minnesota

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US}}
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|area_code                = [[Area code 218|218]]
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'''Jacobson''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Ball Bluff Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota|Ball Bluff Township]], [[Aitkin County, Minnesota|Aitkin County]], [[Minnesota]], United States.

Formerly a logging town known as "Mississippi Landing", it is named after Paul Jacobson, who served as the first postmaster.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA16 | title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press | author=Upham, Warren | year=2001 | pages=16| isbn=9780873513968 }}</ref>

Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 65|65]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 200|200]] are two of the main routes in the community.

==Community==
[[File:Jacobson Landing Recreation Area.jpg|thumb|left|Jacobson Landing Recreation Area in Jacobson, Minnesota]]
Jacobson consists of a gas station, Mississippi Landing; a campground right off the banks of the river; three churches of different denominations; and a bar, The Forestry Station. There is also a park with a baseball diamond and a playground.

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{{Aitkin County, Minnesota}}

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[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Unincorporated communities in Aitkin County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Minnesota populated places on the Mississippi River]]


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