On This Date in Minnesota History: April 10

April 10, 1858 – “The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners established the towns of Richland [the name was changed later to Richfield], Minneapolis, Bloomington and Eden Prairie” on this date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Richfield,_Minnesota

Richfield¹: Originally called Richland; name was changed by a vote of its residents in May 1858.

Minneapolis²:  The name is a combination of Minnehaha (laughing water)
and the Greek ‘polis,’ or city.

Bloomington³:  The name was given by settlers from Illinois,
who came in 1852. 

Eden Prairie⁴: “The town was named, in 1853, by a Mrs. Elliot,
who gave it the name Eden,
in expressing her admiration of this beautiful prairie.”  

Upham, Warren; Minnesota Geographic Names, Their Origin and Historic Significance; Minnesota Historical Society (St. Paul, Minn., 1969); p. 226¹, 223², 220³, 221⁴.

Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain April 10, 2014, 

as long as acknowledgement included.