Mills Lake (Minnesota)

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Mills Lake
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Mills Lake
Location Blue Earth County, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°5′N94°9′W / 44.083°N 94.150°W / 44.083; -94.150 Coordinates: 44°5′N94°9′W / 44.083°N 94.150°W / 44.083; -94.150
Type lake

Mills Lake is a lake in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, in the United States. [1]

Mills Lake was named for Titus Mills, an early settler whose farm was near this lake. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mills Lake (Minnesota)
  2. Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p.  65.