Editing Darfur, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Darfur was platted in April 1899 by the [[Chicago and North Western Railway]]; its incorporation as a village was completed on December 31, 1903, and it became a city on January 1, 1974, when Minnesota abolished villages.<ref name = Upham>{{cite book| last =Upham| first =Warren| author-link =Warren Upham| title =Minnesota Place Names, A Geographical Encyclopedia, 3rd Edition| publisher =Minnesota Historical Society| year =1969 |orig-year=1920| location =Saint Paul, Minnesota| pages =575| isbn =0-87351-144-1}}</ref> [[Warren Upham]] writes that Darfur, "Was named either from a [[Darfur|region of Sudan]] or when two Scandinavian railroad men questioned, "why you stop dar fur?" though he himself does not include a reference for either version.<ref name = Upham/><ref>{{cite web|title=Minnesota Historical Society|url=http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/City.cfm|work=Minnesota Place Names|access-date=8 April 2012|author=Warren Upham|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120214053720/http://mnplaces.mnhs.org/upham/City.cfm|archive-date=14 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>