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.
Decoria Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,104 as of the 2010 census.
Garden City Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 700 as of the 2000 census.
Lyra Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 378 as of the 2000 census.
Mankato Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,969 as of the 2010 census.
South Bend Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,682 as of the 2010 census.
Vernon Center Township is a township in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 301 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.
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.
The Le Sueur River (lay-SEWER) is a tributary of the Blue Earth River, 111 miles (178 km) long, in southern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Blue Earth and Minnesota Rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 1,089 square miles (2,280 km²). It is the largest tributary of the Blue Earth River, draining 31% of its watershed.
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.
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.
Beauford is an unincorporated community in Beauford Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States.
The Rapidan Dam is a concrete gravity dam located on the Blue Earth River in Rapidan Township, near Rapidan, Minnesota in the United States. The dam was constructed for Hydroelectric Power Generation from 1908 to 1910. The dam and reservoir are owned by Blue Earth County, and the power plant and dam are operated by North American Hydro under an agreement with the county. The dam is located just southwest of Mankato, Minnesota.
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