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Bejou (/ˈbiːʒu/ BEE-zhoo) is a city in Mahnomen County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 89 at the 2010 census. It is contained wholly within the White Earth Reservation.

Bejou city overview:
Name:	Bejou city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Mahnomen County
Elevation:	1,220 ft (372 m)
Total Area:	0.29 sq mi (0.74 km²)
Land Area:	0.29 sq mi (0.74 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	84
Population Density:	292.68/sq mi (113.15/km²)
ZIP code:	56516
Area code:	218
FIPS code:	2704672
GNISfeature ID:	0639872

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History

A post office called Bejou has been in operation since 1906. Some sources state that the town got its name from a corruption of the French word Bonjour, reasoning that the name is related to the Ojibwe word Boozhoo. However, these two words are linguistic false friends, and are not etymologically related. The town’s name likely comes from the Ojibwe word bizhiw meaning “Lynx”, a type of cat indigenous to North America, and one of the doodems of the Ojibwe people.