Editing Eitzen, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:Christian Bunge, Jr. Store NRHP 82002964 Houston County, MN.jpg|left|thumb|Eitzen Museum in the historic Bunge building]]A post office called Eitzen has been in operation since 1868.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Houston |title=Houston County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706105809/http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Houston |archivedate=6 July 2015 }}</ref> A share of the early settlers being natives of Eitzen, Germany, caused the name to be selected.<ref>{{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/n257 238]}}</ref>

In September 2020, while visiting randomly selected households in Eitzen, a group of CDC officials claimed to have been confronted, and to have had their cars surrounded, by residents of houses who did not believe they were who they claimed to be; the incident was one of several that led to the discontinuation of the program.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cox |first1=Peter |title=COVID-19 fact-finding leads to threats against health workers in Minnesota |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/09/25/covid19-factfinding-leads-to-threats-against-health-workers-in-minnesota |website=Minnesota Public Radio |date=25 September 2020|accessdate=27 September 2020}}</ref> This account was disputed by mayor Jeff Adamson, who claimed the city was never informed about the plan to approach random households, and said "I think they owe the city of Eitzen and its citizens an apology".<ref name="adamson">{{cite web |title=Mayor of Minnesota city disputes MDH reports of health workers being threatened|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/09/26/mayor-of-minnesota-city-disputes-mdh-reports-of-health-workers-being-threatened|author=MPR News Staff|date=26 September 2020|accessdate=27 September 2020}}</ref> He further said that "a city official and two other residents responded to concerns about people going door-to-door in an unmarked car with California plates [...] Two vehicles driven by the city official and residents were parked on either side of the COVID-19 team's vehicle, but it was never blocked."<ref name="adamson"/>