Lura Lake is a lake in

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and

Faribault County, Minnesota Faribault County () is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 13,921. Its county seat is Blue Earth. History The county was founded in 1855. It was named for Jean-Baptiste Faribault, a settler and ...

, in the

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. According to tradition, Lura Lake was named by government surveyors who saw "Lura" carved into a tree near the lake.

References

Lakes of Minnesota Lakes of Blue Earth County, Minnesota Lakes of Faribault County, Minnesota {{BlueEarthCountyMN-geo-stub