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Blue Earth County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- March 5, 1853
- Named after
- Blue Earth River
- Seat
- Mankato
- Largest city
- Mankato
- Total
- 766 sq mi (1,980 km )
- Land
- 748 sq mi (1,940 km )
- Water
- 18 sq mi (47 km ) 2.3%
- Estimate 2025
- 70,634
- Density
- 92.4/sq mi (35.7/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .blueearthcountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Blue Earth River
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Mankato
- Population
- 69112
- Area
- 1984
- Shares border with
- Brown County
- Official website
- www.co.blue-earth.mn.us
- Image
- BlueEarthCo2006-09-16.JPG
- Households
- 26390
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- Commons category
- Blue Earth County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Blue Earth County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1853-03-05
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Blue Earth County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 2.3
- native label
- Blue Earth County
- different from
- Blue Earth
- per capita income
- 29965
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Encyclopedic overview
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. Blue Earth County is part of the Mankato-North Mankato metropolitan area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Blue Earth County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.