Hamel, Minnesota

Hamel is a neighborhood of Medina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Hamel has its own fire station and post office with ZIP code 55340.^[2]

Hamel, Minnesota
Neighborhood
Hamel, Minnesota Location of the neighborhood of Hamel within the city of Medina, Hennepin County
Coordinates: 45°02′28″N 93°31′32″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Hennepin
Elevation	1,020 ft (310 m)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55340
Area code	763
GNIS feature ID	644599[1]

The area was platted as a city as early as 1879, but efforts to incorporate failed, in part, because of the complication of the town straddling the borders of both Medina and Plymouth.^[3] The post office in Hamel serves both the northern portion of Medina and the southern area of Corcoran.^[4]

References

1. "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. October 25, 2007. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
2. ZIP Code Lookup
3. Scherer, Bill. "Western Hennepin County Pioneers Association - History of Medina" (PDF).
4. "ZIP Code 55340 Map, Demographics, More for Hamel, MN". www.unitedstateszipcodes.org. Retrieved April 11, 2019.