Editing Gonvick, Minnesota (section)

==History==
A post office called Gonvick has been in operation since 1900.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Clearwater | title=Clearwater County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=April 21, 2015}}</ref> The city was named for Martin O. Gonvick, a pioneer settler and native of [[Norway]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n141 122]}}</ref>

The children in this area attend Clearbrook-Gonvick School, which is located in [[Clearbrook, Minnesota|Clearbrook]], which is approximately a five—minute
commute away. The city of Gonvick had a school, which is now converted into a space for the Clearwater Life Center. It now includes a buy and sell, a florist, and numerous classes for varied activities. The Clearbrook Hornets and the Gonvick Bulldogs combined schools in 1992 as the Clearbrook-Gonvick Bears. Elementary students attended school in Gonvick while high school students were in Clearbrook until 2004, when the new school was built in Clearbrook to accommodate all the children.

Perhaps Gonvick's most famous native is [[Ed Widseth]], an All-American tackle for the [[University of Minnesota]] and a three-time national champion from 1934 to 1936, who went on to play for the [[New York Giants]] and was inducted into the [[College Football Hall of Fame]].