Editing Madison, Minnesota (section)

==History==
[[File:Lac qui Parle History Center-with sign.jpg|thumb|left|Lac qui Parle History Center]] Madison was [[plat]]ted in 1884, and named after [[Madison, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Warren Upham|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/n309 290]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Madison since 1884.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Lac+qui+Parle | title=Lac qui Parle County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=July 17, 2015}}</ref>

The Madison City Council proposed that the city should be named the Lutefisk Capital of the United States in 1982, and the Madison Chamber of Commerce funded the construction of a {{Cvt|25|feet|m}} fiberglass [[cod]] nicknamed Lou T. Fisk, which welcomes visitors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lou T. Fisk |url=https://www.ci.madison.mn.us/about/lou-t-fisk/ |access-date=2023-03-08 |website=City of Madison |language=en-US}}</ref>