Editing New Prague, Minnesota (section)

===Origin===
New Prague was laid out in 1856, and named after [[Prague]], the capital of Bohemia (now the [[Czech Republic]]).<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ShcLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA509|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=509}}</ref> The immigrants from Bohemia built the town of New Prague, and many of them identified as [[Czechs]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Lathrop|first=Alan K.|title=Churches of Minnesota: An Illustrated Guide|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xt-hRnEhEEgC&pg=PA129|year=2003|publisher=University of Minnesota Press|isbn=978-0-8166-2909-1|page=129}}</ref>

At the advice of [[Joseph Crétin|Catholic Bishop Rev. Joseph Cretin]], Anton Philipp, a native German, first settled within the present limits of New Prague. In 1856 Philipp purchased 160 acres in [[Helena Township, Scott County, Minnesota|Helena Township]], Scott County. Philipp did not make an [[Plat|official plat]] of the town but began selling lots that same year, marking the beginning of New Prague. Several [[Bohemia]]n families came to the area shortly after Philipp arrived.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=http://www.ci.new-prague.mn.us/vertical/sites/%7BAD7ECB62-2C5E-4BA0-8F19-1426026AFA3E%7D/uploads/New_Prague_Context_Study_FINAL_APPROVED.pdf|title=City of New Prague Historic Context Study|last=Smith|first=Patrick|publisher=SMITH & MAIN, llc|year=2013|location=Minneapolis, MN|pages=1, 2}}</ref>