| Location | Rice County, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°19′40″N 93°20′43″W |
Roberds Lake is a lake in Rice County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.[1]
Roberds Lake was named after William Roberds, who was told by other early settlers that if he swam across the lake, they would name it after them. He was also a pioneer who started a mill near the lake in 1855.[2]
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- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 465