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Blue Earth, MN
Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, United States, at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Blue Earth River. The population was 3,174 at the 2020 census. It is the county seat of Faribault County. It is home to a statue of the Jolly Green Giant. Additionally, Interstate 90 is centered on Blue Earth, as the east and west construction teams met here in 1978. As a tribute, there is a golden stripe of concrete on the interstate near Blue Earth. This draws an analogy to the golden spike set in the first transcontinental railroad. Approximately three miles south of Blue Earth is the Blue Earth Municipal Airport. History Blue Earth was platted in 1856. The city took its name from the Blue Earth River which surrounds the town. The river was given the Dakota language name (meaning "blue earth") for the blue-green clay found in the river banks, from the phrase : "the river where blue earth is gathered". A post office has been in operation at Blue E ...
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Blue Earth River
The Blue Earth River () is a tributary of the Minnesota River, long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Two of its headwaters tributaries, the Middle Branch Blue Earth River and the West Branch Blue Earth River, also flow for short distances in northern Iowa. By volume, it is the Minnesota River's largest tributary, accounting for 46% of the Minnesota's flow at the rivers' confluence in Mankato. Via the Minnesota River, the Blue Earth River is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in an agricultural region. Ninety percent of the river's watershed is in Minnesota. It is a Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated Water Trail. History The river was named for former deposits of bluish-green clay, no longer visible, along the banks of the river. It was called by the Sisseton Dakota, meaning "the river where blue earth is gathered." The French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur established Fort L'Huillier near the river's mou ...
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Blue Earth Municipal Airport
Blue Earth is a city-owned public-use airport located three miles south of the city of Blue Earth, Minnesota in Faribault County. Facilities and aircraft Blue Earth Airport contains two runways, one designated 16/34 with a 3,400 x 75 ft (1,036 x 23 m) asphalt surface,.and another designated 3/21 with a 2,245 x 200 ft (684 x 61 m) turf surface. For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2017, the airport had 13,870 aircraft operations, an average of 38 per day: 54% general aviation and 46% transient general aviation. The airport housed 26 single-engine airplanes. See also * List of airports in Minnesota This is a list of airports in the U.S. state of Minnesota, grouped by type and sorted by location. It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports ... References Airports in Minnesota {{Minnesota-airport-stub ...
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