Eyota

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Eyota MN 55934
United States
44° 1' 1.2144" N, 92° 14' 36.0564" W
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Eyota is in Olmsted County EYOTA Township, organized in 1858, was at first named Springfield, which was changed in 1859 to this Dakota word, spelled iyotan by Rev. Stephen R. Riggs in the Dakota Dictionary, meaning "greatest, most." The city of Eyota in sections 11 and 14, platted in November 1864, was incorporated February 16, 1875. The post office was established as Greenfield in 1857 and changed to Eyota in 1864; it had a station of the Chicago Great Western and the Winona and St. Peter Railroads. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.