Mora, Minnesota Mora, Minnesota Mora is a city in and the county seat of Kanabec County in East Central Minnesota. It is located at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 23 and 65. The population was 3,571 at the 2010 census. Mora was platted in 1882. The city was named after Mora, Sweden. A post office has been in operation at Mora since 1883. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Mora is located 72 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul at the intersection of Minnesota
Siljan Ring by rocks of the Llandovery series (Lower Silurian). During the last ice age the area was covered by a thick icesheet. The bedrock was sculpted by the ice, with the softer Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks being preferentially eroded. These erosional hollows are now occupied by lakes Siljan, Orsa, Skattungen and Ore. In accordance with theories about abiogenic petroleum (that hydrocarbons can be formed without involving material from dead plants and animals), astrophysicist Thomas Gold suggested that there might be major deposits of oil and natural gas in the area. Drilling was carried out in the late 1980s and early 1990s but