Blue Earth County, Minnesota
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About Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County is a county in the state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,112. Its county seat is Mankato. The county is named for the Blue Earth River and for the deposits of blue-green clay once evident along the banks of the Blue Earth River. Blue Earth County is part of the Mankato metropolitan area.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blue Earth County at a glance
- County seat
- Mankato
- Population
- 69,112 (2020)
- Land area
- 766 sq mi
- Founded
- 1853
Largest communities in Blue Earth County
- Mankato county seat44,488
- North Mankato14,275
- Eagle Lake3,278
- Lake Crystal2,539
- Mankato Township1,806
History of Blue Earth County
Dakota people lived and hunted in the area of Blue Earth County, particularly the Sisseton. French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur was an early European explorer in this area, arriving where the Minnesota and Blue Earth Rivers meet. He made an unsuccessful attempt to mine copper from the blue-green clay the Dakota used as paint. The area remained under French control until 1803 when it passed to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase. When Minnesota became a territory in 1849, the territorial government became interested in settling the river valley. In 1850 the first steamboat trip, starting in St. Paul, traveled on the Minnesota River and came to the Blue Earth River. The first Euro-American settlers, P. K. Johnson and Henry Jackson, debarked and settled in present-day Mankato.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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