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Eyota, MN - History


We would like to provide the residents of  Eyota  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Eyota Home page. The Eyota Home page provides as much information as possible on Eyota. Knowing Eyota’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Eyota’s Home page, you will also find Eyota’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Eyota has a population of 2183. 50.4% of Eyota’s inhabitants are Male, and 49.6 are female. 60.1% of Eyota is married and 68.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $186,569, and the average rent is $699. Household median income in Eyota is $64,716, and the individual median income is $37,282. Eyota’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.5%), Hispanic(6.2%), Other(5.2%), Black(1.1%), Multiple(0.8%), Asian(0.4%).


Eyota was platted in 1864. The name Eyota is derived from the Sioux Indian word iyotak, meaning "greatest" or "most". A post office has been in operation at Eyota since 1864. The city was incorporated on February 16, 1875.Settlers had begun arriving in the area and staking claims in 1854. The earliest, Benjamin Bear, initially came in 1853 to choose a prime site with an ever-flowing spring, then returned the following year with his family.


A stream called Bear Creek starts from this spring. (Today Chester Woods Lake is formed around a portion of Bear Creek that was held back behind a dam built to protect nearby Rochester from flooding.) In the early years Eyota was an important destination for business travelers and mail, and shipping point for locally raised grain and cattle.


It was located only a mile from a wye with rail extensions going north to Plainview and south to Chatfield, making Eyota a stopping point for travelers on their way to other places. (Daily trains to Chatfield and Plainview left from the Eyota depot.) The railroad was an important local employer, The railroad later became the Chicago & North Western Railway.Eyota streets were laid out on the farmland of Milo Matteson by investor Samuel E.


Everett, a speculator from New York State. A downtown district, built only on the south side of the street, faced the busy railroad yard. A large hotel, frequented by business travelers, called the Everett House, was located along this street (South Front Street). Charles P. Russell, another early investor, built a store on the corner of South Front Street and Center Avenue in 1865.


Russell continued living in the community (whereas Mr. Everett soon moved on). He built a fine two-story home and bought grain from local farmers with his business partner O.H. Jackson. Years later, in 1910, Charles Russell partnered in the banking and mercantile businesses with his son, Fred Russell. A whole line of stores flanked on the ends by the C.P Russell building and the Everett House faced the railroad depot and yard to the north.


Establishments included hardware, lumber, wagon and harness makers, livery, drug store, general mercantile, hotels and several saloons. Doctor Augustus Stinchfield was Eyota's first medical doctor, who came to town after Eyota druggist E.D. Dyar invited him to visit. Both Stinchfield and Dyar once lived in Strong, Maine.


Dr. Stinchfield built up an extensive practice, having another office in nearby St. Charles and using part of his home as a hospital. Stinchfield married Martha Bear, the daughter of early settler Benjamin Bear. He arrived in 1873 and left in 1892 when the Mayos from Rochester convinced him to become the first non-family member to partner in their practice. Dr.


Rollo C. Dugan, the son of local settler Elijah Dugan, followed Stinchfield's local practice. He built the Eyota Hospital, an eight-bed facility on Second Street in 1900.


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