# Pinetop, Minnesota

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**Pinetop** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Koochiching County](/source/Koochiching_County,_Minnesota), [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota), United States; located within the [Pine Island State Forest](/source/Pine_Island_State_Forest). The community is located east of Mizpah; and south of Gemmell; along Koochiching County Road 6 (CR 6).

County Roads 12 and 25; and State Highway 1 ([MN 1](/source/Minnesota_State_Highway_1)) are also nearby. The center of Pinetop is generally considered near the intersection of Koochiching County Road 6 and Town Road 379.

Caldwell Brook and Pancake Creek both flow through the community.

Pinetop is located within [Northome Unorganized Territory](/source/Northome_(unorganized_territory),_Minnesota). Nearby places include [Mizpah](/source/Mizpah,_Minnesota), [Northome](/source/Northome,_Minnesota), [Gemmell](/source/Gemmell,_Minnesota), and [Wildwood](/source/Wildwood,_Minnesota). Pinetop is located seven miles east of Mizpah and is nine miles east of Northome; and 68 miles southwest of [International Falls](/source/International_Falls,_Minnesota).

[ZIP codes](/source/ZIP_code) 56660 (Mizpah) and 56661 (Northome) meet at Pinetop.

The community was named for a single tall white pine tree.[2]

## References

1. Warren Upham (1920). [*Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance*](https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog). Minnesota Historical Society. p. [284](https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n303)

- Mn/DOT map of Koochiching County – Sheet 1 – 2011 edition

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