Miniota, Manitoba is a community located northwest of Virden, Manitoba near the intersection of PTH 83 and PTH 24 within the boundaries of the rural municipality of the same name. The post office opened in 1885 on 36-13-27W. It was originally named Parkisimo and changed to its present name in 1900. It had two railways in its history: the Canadian Pacific Railway and the Grand Trunk Railway (now Canadian National Railway).