Perth, Minnesota

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Perth
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Perth
Coordinates: 44°04′07″N94°21′32″W / 44.06861°N 94.35889°W / 44.06861; -94.35889
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Blue Earth County
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (EDT)

Perth is an unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. [1]

Blue Earth County, Minnesota County in the United States

Blue Earth County is a county in the State of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 64,013. 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.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

Minnesota State of the United States of America

Minnesota is a state in the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and northern regions of the United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd U.S. state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The state has a large number of lakes, and is known by the slogan the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord.

History

Perth was originally called Iceland. [2] A post office called Iceland was in operation from 1867 until 1871. [3] The present name of Perth, after Perth, Scotland, was adopted in 1905. [2] [4]

Perth, Scotland City in Scotland

Perth is a city in central Scotland, on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It has a population of about 47,180. Perth has been known as The Fair City since the publication of the story Fair Maid of Perth by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott in 1828. During the later medieval period the city was also called St John's Toun or Saint Johnstoun by its inhabitants in reference to the main church dedicated to St John the Baptist. This name is preserved by the city's football teams, St Johnstone F.C.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Perth, Minnesota
  2. 1 2 Chicago and North Western Railway Company (1908). A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways. p. 186.
  3. ↑ "Blue Earth County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 62.

Coordinates: 44°04′47″N94°21′32″W / 44.07972°N 94.35889°W / 44.07972; -94.35889

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