Editing Blue Earth, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Blue Earth was [[plat]]ted in 1856.<ref name="Upham 1920">{{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/n203 184]}}</ref> The city took its name from the [[Blue Earth River]] which surrounds the town.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA45|year=1908|page=45}}</ref> The river was given the [[Dakota language]] name {{lang|dak|makȟátȟo}} (meaning "blue earth") for the blue-green [[clay]] found in the river banks, from the phrase {{lang|dak|makato osa watapa}}: "the river where blue earth is gathered".<ref name="Upham 1920"/>

A post office has been in operation at Blue Earth since 1856.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Faribault | title=Faribault County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=May 29, 2015}}</ref>

The city celebrated its sesquicentennial in the summer of 2006 with community events, including a concert headlined by [[Peter Noone]] of [[Herman's Hermits]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.faribaultcountyregister.com/opinions/editorials/2009/04/20/residents-of-elmore-gearing-up-for-its-sesquicentennial | title=Residents of Elmore gearing up for its sesquicentennial }}</ref>