Editing Murdock, Minnesota (section)

==History==
 A post office has been in operation at Murdock since 1878.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Swift | title=Swift County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> Murdock was [[plat]]ted in 1881 by S. S. Murdock, and named for him.<ref name="Upham 541">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n558 541]}}</ref> Murdock was incorporated in 1881.<ref name="Upham 541" />

In June 2020, a [[neo-pagan]] religion known as the [[Asatru Folk Assembly]] (AFA) purchased the Calvary [[Lutheran]] Church, a former Lutheran church in Murdock for use as a gathering place for AFA members of the [[Great Plains#Northern Great Plains|Northern Great Plains]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.startribune.com/white-heritage-religious-group-takes-root-in-minnesota/571802392/ | title=White heritage religious group takes root in Minnesota | website=[[Star Tribune]] }}</ref>
On December 9, 2020, the Murdock City Council voted to allow the AFA conditional approval to use the former church.<ref name="MPR News">{{cite news |last1=Marohn |first1=Kirsti |title=Murdock votes to allow whites-only group to use former church |url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/12/09/murdock-to-decide-whether-whitesonly-group-can-use-former-church |access-date=10 December 2020 |publisher=MPR News |date=9 December 2020}}</ref><ref name="nbcnews.com">{{Cite web|title=After permit approved for whites-only church, small Minnesota town insists it isn't racist|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/after-permit-approved-whites-only-church-small-minnesota-town-insists-n1251838|access-date=2020-12-22|website=NBC News|language=en}}</ref> This caused uproar as the AFA has a policy of only allowing whites to become members of the religion, leading to accusations of racism against the AFA and against Murdock.<ref name="MPR News"/><ref name="nbcnews.com"/> More than 120,000 Minnesotans have signed a petition to stop the AFA's use of the former church.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/531431-more-than-120000-signatures-collected-to-stop-whites-only-church-in | title=More than 120,000 signatures collected to stop 'whites only' church in Minnesota town | date=23 December 2020 }}</ref>