Beauford | |
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| Coordinates: 44°00′27″N93°57′31″W / 44.00750°N 93.95861°W Coordinates: 44°00′27″N93°57′31″W / 44.00750°N 93.95861°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Blue Earth |
| Elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code(s) | 507 |
| GNIS feature ID | 654591 [1] |
Beauford is an unincorporated community in Beauford Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. [1] [2]
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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Faribault County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 14,553. Its county seat is Blue Earth.
Blue Earth County is a county in the State of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 64,013. 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 banks of the Blue Earth River.
Beauford Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 442 as of the 2000 census.
Danville Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 262 as of the 2000 census.
Decoria Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,104 as of the 2010 census.
Lyra Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 378 as of the 2000 census.
Mapleton Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 310 as of the 2000 census.
McPherson Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 470 as of the 2000 census.
Medo Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 374 as of the 2000 census.
Rapidan Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,101 as of the 2010 census.
Sterling Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 276 as of the 2000 census.
Blue Earth is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota, at the confluence of the east and west branches of the Blue Earth River. The population was 3,353 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Faribault County. It is home to a statue of the Jolly Green Giant. Additionally, Interstate Highway 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 a parallel to the golden spike set in the first transcontinental railroad.
Beauford may refer to:
The Blue Earth River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, 108 miles (174 km) 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 3,486 square miles (9,029 km²) 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.
Thomas Michael Hagedorn is a former member of the United States House of Representatives from Minnesota.
Willow Creek is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Mound Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
Sterling Center is an unincorporated community in Sterling Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
Rapidan is an unincorporated community in Rapidan Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
Butternut is an unincorporated community in Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
Benning is an unincorporated community in Lime Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
