Editing Oronoco, Minnesota (section)

==History==
The city was named by early settler Dr. Hector Galloway  after the [[Orinoco]], a large river in South America.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=21344|title= Profile for Oronoco, Minnesota, MN|publisher= ePodunk |access-date= October 9, 2012}}</ref><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=PA111|year=1908|page=111}}</ref> A village was founded in 1854 and [[plat]]ted in 1855. The village incorporated as a city on March 6, 1968. [[Oronoco Township, Minnesota|Oronoco Township]], which is adjacent on three sides, was organized in 1858.<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/n406 387]}}</ref> It is a bedroom community for nearby [[Rochester, Minnesota|Rochester]].