Sleepy Eye, Minnesota
Brown County
27-60844
Sleepy Eye is a village of 3,515 inhabitants located in Brown County in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Geography
Sleepy Eye is located south of the geographic center of Minnesota on the banks of Sleepy Eye Lake. The village is about 138 kilometers south-west of Minneapolis and 179 km north-east of Sioux Falls. The city has an area of 5.1 km ², of which 0.7 km ² water surface.
History
Sleepy Eye was founded in 1872 on a railway track. The village got its name from the lake, which occupies the north and west of the village. This in turn was named after the Indian chief " Sleepy Eyes" ( Ish- Tak -Ha - Ba) in the late 1850s moved here with his tribe. The first white men settled from about 1860 in the present area. From 1883 to 1921 a flour mill attracted many people by Sleepy Eye. Sleepy Eye was also known for the TV series "Little House " with Michael Landon.
Attractions
- Sleepy Eye Lake - A lake in the north of the village.
- Obelisk Monument - Under the bones of Chief Sleepy Eye ( ISH TAK -HA -BA) are buried.
Traffic
Sleepy Eye is on the U.S. 14th In addition, the village with the Sleepy Eye Municipal Airport has its own airport.
Churches
- New Hope Community Church
- Calvary Baptist Church
- St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Apostolic Assembly Church
- St. Mary 's Catholic Church
- Faith United Methodist Church
- Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
- Trinity Lutheran Church
Citys Cobden | Comfrey | Evan | Hanska | New Ulm | Sleepy Eye | Springfield
Census-designated place (CDP ) Searles
Other Unincorporated communities Vinegar | Godahl | Leavenworth | Klossner
- City in Minnesota
- Location in North America
- Brown County (Minnesota)