Cordova Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Sleepy Eye Lake is a lake in Le Sueur County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Sleepy Eye Lake was named for Chief Sleepy Eye.

Cordova is an unincorporated community in Cordova Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Le Sueur County Road 2, near its junction with Le Sueur County Road 5 at Gorman Lake. County Roads 7 and 11 are also in the immediate area. The Little Cannon River is nearby. Cordova had a post office from 1857 to 1907. It was platted on September 28, 1867, and incorporated on February 27, 1878, but has since returned to being an unincorporated community within Cordova Township. Nearby places include Le Center, Waterville, Kilkenny, Montgomery, Lexington, Cleveland, and Elysian.

Le Sueur County ( lə-SOOR) is a county located in the south central portion of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,674. Its county seat is Le Center. Le Sueur County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Le Center is a city and the county seat of Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,517 at the 2020 census. The Le Sueur County Courthouse and Jail are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Le Sueur County Courthouse and Jail are government buildings in Le Center, Minnesota, United States. They were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. The 1896 courthouse and 1914 jail were nominated to the Register for being local landmarks representative of Le Sueur County's government and the origin of Le Center as a purpose-built county seat.

Dodd Road Discontiguous District is a set of three road segments in Minnesota's Le Sueur and Rice counties, which were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. They preserve segments of Dodd Road, a private road built by William B. Dodd. It was a privately funded road built between Mendota and St. Peter in 1853, and was a key transportation artery in early south-central Minnesota. Its builder, William B. Dodd, was the founder of the town of St. Peter, Minnesota, as well as a ferry boat operator, land speculator, and a militia captain. Dodd and the other founders of the town knew that steamboat service on the Minnesota River was intermittent, and they figured that a road connection to St. Paul would help their village to flourish. The road-building party started from Mendota in April 1853 and followed high ridges in the land, and reached St. Peter in 109 days. Dodd Road helped to open up territory to settlers immigrating to Minnesota. Dodd later went to New Ulm to help protect settlers in the Dakota War of 1862, and was killed in an ambush. Two years later, in 1864, the Minnesota Central Railroad was built from St. Paul to Faribault and points beyond, which lessened the significance of the road. Historian Scott Anfinson saw William Dodd's grave in St. Peter, read the inscription of "Builder of the Dodd Road", and decided to research the history of the road. Much of the original route of Dodd Road has been paved and is still signed in West St. Paul, Mendota Heights, Rosemount, Apple Valley, and Lakeville. Three unpaved rural segments were found to have enough resemblance to their original 1853 appearance to merit listing on the National Register. In Le Sueur County, Minnesota, it includes two segments: County Road 148 west of Cleveland, and County Road 136 from MN 13 to Cordova. These are in the vicinities of Cleveland and Kilkenny. In Rice County, Minnesota, it includes former County Road 61 (Circle Lake Trail, Falls Trail, Garfield Avenue, and Groveland Trail) between Millersburg and Shieldsville. This is a 6.8-mile (10.9 km) segment. The listing includes three contributing structures on 104 acres (42 ha).

Decker Lake is a lake in Le Sueur County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Decker Lake was named for a local settler.

Lake Volney is a lake in Le Sueur County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Lake Volney was named for Volney J. Brockway, an early settler.

Tyler Lake is a lake in Le Sueur County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Tyler Lake was named after William L. Tyler, a pioneer who settled at the lake in 1858.

St. Henry is an unincorporated community in Sharon Township, Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along State Highway 112 (MN 112) near its junction with 261st Avenue / Silver Lake Road (County 112). Nearby places include Le Center, Le Sueur, Cleveland, Lexington, and Ottawa. ZIP codes 56057 (Le Center) and 56058 (Le Sueur) meet near St. Henry. The community is named for the Catholic church built by its first settlers. Its post office operated from 1870 to 1877, and 1880 to 1902.

Lexington Township is a township in Le Sueur County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 763 at the 2000 census. Lexington Township was organized in 1858, taking its name from the settlement of Lexington.

Borer Lake is a lake in Le Sueur County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Borer Lake was named for Felix A. Borer, a county auditor.