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Winner

Ghost town · Roseau County, Minnesota

Mulligan Lake SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)
Mulligan Lake SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Winner is a ghost town in Roseau County, Minnesota, recorded as human settlement in Elkwood Township, Minnesota, United States of America. It is one of 3 former communities in Roseau County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 12th among the 45 Minnesota counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Winner as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 48.5978° N, 95.4400° W.

Key facts

Elevation1,234 ft
Nearest living townRoosevelt, MN
Distance to it21.2 miles
Coordinates48.59780, -95.44000

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Then and now

Drag the slider: the old USGS map on the left, the same ground from the air today on the right. Both cover the same 1.9-mile square centred on the recorded location.

Winner today, aerial view
Mulligan Lake SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000)

Left: Mulligan Lake SW quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1968, 1:24,000), U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection. Right: The same ground today: NAIP aerial imagery, USDA Farm Service Agency, National Agriculture Imagery Program (via USGS). Both public domain.

What's there now

Winner is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Roosevelt, MN (population 179), about 21.2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 1,234 feet above sea level. The aerial view above shows what covers the ground today. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Nearby places

Questions

Where is Winner?

Winner is in Roseau County, Minnesota, at 48.5978, -95.4400.

How many ghost towns are in Roseau County?

Roseau County, Minnesota has 3 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

Sources and licences

Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-06.