Walnut Grove

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Walnut Grove is a suburb of Minnesota and is the home location to Oleson's Mercantile, the church and school, Hanson's mill and the Feed and Seed Store. It is the central location for many episodes of Little House on the Prairie. It was founded in 1840 by Lars Hanson, and was blown up by the townspeople in the final movie, "The Last Farewell," in 1901.

The closest suburbs of Walnut Grove are Makato and Sleepyeye, both of which are also central locations in the show.

In real life, the town was blown up because Michael Landon didn't want the set to be used for other television shows. The little house where the Ingalls lived was destroyed by the California wildfires in 2003.

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