Editing Kerrick, Minnesota (section)

==History==
The city was named in honor of Cassius M. Kerrick, a master mechanic and conductor for the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]].<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/n431 412]}}</ref> However, originally the name "Kerrick" was applied to the neighboring [[Duquette, Minnesota|Duquette]]. When the Great Northern Railway depot was moved three miles south, keeping that name, for a period Duquette was called Old Kerrick, the new site being called ''New Kerrick''; the names were corrected when the Duquette post office was established in 1905.