Perth, Minnesota

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Perth is an unincorporated community in Blue Earth County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.{{GNIS|654875}}

History

Perth was originally called Iceland.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA186 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=186}} A post office called Iceland was in operation from 1867 until 1871.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Blue+Earth | title=Blue Earth County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=5 April 2015}} The present name of Perth, after Perth, Scotland, was adopted in 1905.{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n81 62]}}

References

Category:Unincorporated communities in Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Category:Unincorporated communities in Minnesota