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
Mount Hope (Rhode Island) Island. After the war William Bradford, great-great-grandson of Pilgrim Governor William Bradford, bought Mt. Hope Farm as it was now called. Bradford had been Lt. Governor of Rhode Island, a Senator from Rhode Island and had worked for many years as a public servant. The 1745 house on Mt. Hope Farm is still called The Governor Bradford House. The 127 acre parcel known as Mount Hope Farm is run by the Mount Hope Trust, a non profit, which offers 12 inn rooms to the public. The buildings and grounds are rented for events and a number of community and children's