Etna, Minnesota Etna, Minnesota Etna is an unincorporated community in Bloomfield Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. Etna is located within ZIP code 55975 based in Spring Valley. A post office previously operated in the community of Etna from 1856 to 1901. The community was named for Mount Etna, on Sicily. The community is located 8 miles southeast of Spring Valley, at the junction of Fillmore County 14 and 153rd Avenue. U.S. Highway 63 is nearby. Etna Creek and the South Branch Root River both flow through the community. Nearby places in Minnesota include Spring Valley, Ostrander, Le Roy, Cherry Grove, and
Etna (sternwheeler) the steamer "Etna", as well as a crew of men, were engaged to dynamite the snags. In January 1916, it was reported that many of the logging camps and mills on the north fork of the Lewis River which had suspended operations, some of them for several years, would resume work as soon as weather conditions improved. The decline of logging work had forced Capt. Lurlie J. Gray, of the "Etna", to tie up the boat. With logging activity expected to resume soon, Captain Gray was getting ready to return Etna into service. In late May 1916, Capt. Gray and