Blue Earth
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city in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Faribault
- Type
- Mayor – Council
- Mayor
- Rick Scholtes
- Total
- 3.41 sq mi (8.84 km )
- Land
- 3.32 sq mi (8.59 km )
- Water
- 0.093 sq mi (0.24 km )
- Elevation
- 1,076 ft (328 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 3,248
- Density
- 956.5/sq mi (369.29/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 27-06688
- Website
- becity.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Blue Earth
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Faribault County
- Population
- 3174
- Area
- 8.699373
- Elevation
- 332
- Capital of
- Faribault County
- Official website
- www.becity.org
- Image
- CourthouseFaribaultCountyMinnesota2007May.JPG
- Households
- 1482
- Dialing code
- 507
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- postal code
- 56013
- different from
- Blue Earth County
- P8168
- Mythopoeic Awards
- water as percent of area
- 2.7279
- per capita income
- 29553
- Commons category
- Blue Earth, Minnesota
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Encyclopedic overview
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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blue Earth” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.