# String Lakes

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**String Lakes** is a pair of lakes in [Cottonwood County](/source/Cottonwood_County,_Minnesota), in the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Minnesota](/source/Minnesota).[1]

The twin lakes were named from the fact their outlines appear like a string.[2]

## References

1. Warren Upham (1920). [*Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance*](https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog). Minnesota Historical Society. p. [153](https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n172)

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