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Blue Earth is located in Faribault County (of which it is the county seat) in south central Minnesota between Fairmont and Albert Lea on Hwy 169 in the Historic Prairies Region.

It gets its name from the Blue Earth River that encompasses the town. The river was given the Indian name "Mahkota" for the blue/black clay found in the high river banks.

The city is the birthplace of the ice cream sandwich; it's the center of America's longest highway, I-90, and home of Minnesota's first stained glass window. Blue Earth also boasts the world's largest statue of the Jolly Green Giant, which overlooks some of the richest farmland in America.

The population estimate for July 1, 1998 was 3,624, a decrease of 121 since 1990.


History James B Wakefield House Museum |
Public Libraries Blue Earth Community Library | Faribault County Library |
Minnesota Counties Faribault County |
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Transportation Blue Earth Municipal Airport |

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loloisamazing "" Dear earth, why so blue??. -the moon." Credits to brandi."
MarinaC_ "Swirling shades of blue, slow dancing in your sky. The sun kisses the earth, and i hush my urge to cry."
hatie123 "@PattiD41 Maybe will get some answers from the Society movie. If Aliyah knows about Blue K then maybe she has been to earth before."
_amaterasu "@Neoka we had some blue stuff earlier, but now we have the reigonal brand organic stuff. wait.... jizz of the earth!?"
catkeison "@Charizardi Hey the Earth does have rings! And they are all human made with the largest at 22,300 miles above the blue planet. #Space"
smidgenyo "planet earth is blue, and there's nothing i can do"
leann2nb "Blue Earth County Human Services Criteria for Child Protection... http://tinyurl.com/ygwksay"
mastmanu "' V r wat V drink let r drink b water in its purest form.' 'water the ' elixir' of life, blue arteries of earth, let it b blue & not black."
mmjjackson "..Tender with breezes caressing and whole. Alive with music, haunting my soul.\nPlanet Earth, gentle and blue. With all my heart, I love you""
fennn "BIG BLUE. in other news, planet earth going rogue: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiWgXUuWX-s"
jerzeee973 "Dear sephoraclause all I want this holiday besides peac on earth is acqua di parma blue mesiterrano aranci di capri@Sephora"
PEMA591 "The Blue Marble. See Earth's weather from 17-26 August 2009 taken by NASA. Watch Hurricane Bill progress. http://tinyurl.com/yau3r5w"
BlueEarthIT "Blue Earth IT Services will be attending the Gizmodo show in NYC today. We will be blogging about it here. Stay... http://bit.ly/5fcccz"
sheen0uz "Blue Earth County Human Services Criteria for Child Protection... http://tinyurl.com/ykznwsz"
STOnlineSG "Blue Kae \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb Fallen Earth Dropped: Star Trek Online is in closed beta now, open beta is planne.. http://bit.ly/68W9Nn #fb"
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