Ceylon (Minnesota)
Martin County
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Ceylon is a city in Martin County of the U.S. state of Minnesota. At the time of the census of 2010 Ceylon had 369 inhabitants. The town was founded in 1900 and is known as the birthplace of Walter Mondale.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.68 km ², excluding land.
Ceylon is located east of Clear Lake in Lake Belt Township and has an irregularly tailored, yet almost square city at the Minnesota State Route 263 in the 1st Congressional District of Minnesota. The area lies in the northern part of the watershed of the East Fork Des Moines River and thus drained to the Gulf of Mexico.