Editing Comfrey, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Comfrey was [[plat]]ted in 1902.<ref name = "HOPN">{{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=PA58|year=1908|page=58}}</ref> It was named after the plant called [[comfrey]] (Symphytini Officinalis), by the first postmaster, A. W. Pederson.<ref name = HOPN/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=20946|title=Profile for Comfrey, Minnesota, MN |publisher= ePodunk|accessdate= October 14, 2012}}</ref>

On March 29, 1998, Comfrey was hit by a strong [[1998 Comfrey – St. Peter tornado outbreak|F4 tornado]] which damaged or destroyed most of the town.<ref>[http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/199803/30_steilm_comfrey-m/ "Living Through the Tornado in Comfrey"], Minnesota Public Radio, March 30, 1998</ref> While no one was killed, a dozen people were injured.<ref name = "SPT">[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0ioxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=huYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3527,3008414&dq=comfrey+minnesota&hl=en "Tornadoes cut destructive path in southern Minnesota"], ''Gettysburg Times,'' March 30, 1998</ref>