Editing Porter, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Porter was [[plat]]ted in October 1881 when the [[Winona and St. Peter Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref name="history">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA115 |title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways |author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company |year=1908 |page=115}}</ref> It was named for L. C. Porter, a mill owner and early settler.<ref name="history" /> A post office has been in operation in Porter since 1882.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Yellow+Medicine |title=Yellow Medicine County |publisher=Jim Forte Postal History |accessdate=March 22, 2015}}</ref> Porter was incorporated on February 16, 1898.<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/n613 596]}}</ref>