Butternut | |
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  Butternut  Butternut | |
| Coordinates: 44°08′16″N94°19′45″W / 44.13778°N 94.32917°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Blue Earth |
| Elevation | 988 ft (301 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| Area code | 507 |
| GNIS feature ID | 654624 [1] |
Butternut is an unincorporated community in Butternut Valley 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 | |
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.
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 banks of the Blue Earth River.
Butternut Valley Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 382 as of the 2000 census.
Cambria Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 271 as of the 2000 census.
Garden City Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 700 as of the 2000 census.
Judson Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 591 as of the 2000 census.
Lincoln Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 227 as of the 2000 census.
Linden Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 343 as of the 2000 census.
Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 44,488 according to the 2020 census, making it the 21st-largest city in Minnesota, and the 5th-largest outside of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. It is along a large bend of the Minnesota River at its confluence with the Blue Earth River. Mankato is across the Minnesota River from North Mankato. Mankato and North Mankato have a combined population of 58,763 according to the 2020 census. It completely encompasses the town of Skyline. North of Mankato Regional Airport, a tiny non-contiguous part of the city lies within Le Sueur County. Most of the city is in Blue Earth County.
Butternut Valley 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 (9,030 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.
Butternut may refer to:
Garden City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Garden City Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 255 as of the 2010 census.
Marysburg is an unincorporated community in Blue Earth and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Willow Creek is an unincorporated community in Pleasant Mound Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
LeHillier is an unincorporated community in South Bend 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.
Benning is an unincorporated community in Lime Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
Beauford is an unincorporated community in Beauford Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.