# Where is Lake Lillian Anyway?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-lake-lillian-anyway/616253>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [March 19, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-lake-lillian-anyway/616253 "2012-03-19T20:58:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-lake-lillian-anyway/616253/1 "2012-03-19T20:58:38Z")

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I was curious, and I found out, and I will tell you.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=lake%2Blillian%2B,mn&hl=en&ll=44.933696,-94.87793&spn=9.409405,14.501953&sll=37.09024,-95.712891&sspn=136.125094,232.03125&hnear=Lake%2BLillian,%2BKandiyohi,%2BMinnesota&t=h&z=6

This is in response to the “Why are rebate checks drawn on obscure banks in the middle of nowhere?” column.

> **[Why are rebate checks drawn on obscure banks in the middle of nowhere?](https://www.straightdope.com/21341893/why-are-rebate-checks-drawn-on-obscure-banks-in-the-middle-of-nowhere)**

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**Author:** ![qazwart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/5fc32e/32.png) [@qazwart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qazwart)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-lake-lillian-anyway/616253/2 "2012-03-20T01:34:36Z")

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Did you notice that the street that roles right straight through town is called “120th Street”?

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-lake-lillian-anyway/616253/3 "2012-03-20T01:57:11Z")

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Three days too late. Already a thread on this.

> **[Re: "Boondock Banking" in Lake Lillian](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=645388)**
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> Regardless of what the esteemed citizens of rural Minnesota say, having been born and raised in the Twin Cities, I can assure you that the entire state, like the rest of the American Midwest, is a true \*\*\*\*hole. If there’s a bright center to this...