Perth is an
unincorporated community in
Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County is a county in the State of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 69,112. Its county seat is Mankato. The county is named for the Blue Earth River and for the deposits of blue-green clay once evident along the ...
, in the
U.S. state of
Minnesota.
History
Perth was originally called Iceland.
A post office called Iceland was in operation from 1867 until 1871. The present name of Perth, after
Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish English, locally: ; gd, Peairt ) is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It had a population o ...
, was adopted in 1905.
References
Unincorporated communities in Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
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