Location
Blue Earth is in Faribault County BLUE EARTH Township, first settled in May 1855, organized October 20, 1858, derived its name from its village, called Blue Earth, which had been platted in July 1856, and has ever since been the county seat. The village was named from the river, which the Dakota called Mahkahto (hear it spoken), meaning green or blue earth, as more fully noticed in the chapter of Blue Earth County. The site was laid out by H. P. Carstans and J. B. Wakefield, was incorporated on May 19, 1857, became a village in 1879, and incorporated as a city on April 8, 1899; it had a station of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad in section 17, and its post office began in 1856. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.
