Editing Climax, Minnesota (section)

==Name==
Climax, founded in 1896, was named after a chewing tobacco company.<ref>Upham, Warren, ''Minnesota Geographic Names'', Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society Volume XVII (1920), p. 422: "CLIMAX, a railway village in [[Vineland Township, Polk County, Minnesota|Vineland]], is named with an ancient Greek word, meaning a ladder or a stairway, hence the highest point attained in an oration or in any series of endeavors, chosen here from its use in an advertisement of “Climax Tobacco.”</ref> The town's name has been a source of humor, and the slogan selected for the centennial was "Climax.  More than just a feeling."<ref>Nesvig, Clara, [http://www.startribune.com/i-m-from-climax-minnesota-and-i-m-sick-of-your-dumb-jokes/374635781/ "I'm from Climax, Minnesota, and I'm sick of your dumb jokes."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127193914/https://www.startribune.com/i-m-from-climax-minnesota-and-i-m-sick-of-your-dumb-jokes/374635781/ |date=November 27, 2020 }}, ''[[Minneapolis Star Tribune]]'', April 6, 2016.</ref>  Less well attested is the assertion that some unnamed local newspaper, reporting the death of a resident of nearby [[Fertile, Minnesota]], ran a report of her death under the headline ''Fertile Woman dies in Climax''.<ref>[https://www.twincities.com/2006/12/08/on-the-virtual-highway/ "on the virtual highway"], ''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]'', December 8, 2006; updated November 14, 2015</ref>