Editing Appleton, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Appleton was laid out in 1872, and named after [[Appleton, Wisconsin]].<ref name="Upham 539">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n556 539]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at Appleton since 1873.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Swift | title=Swift County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=9 August 2015}}</ref> Appleton was incorporated in 1881.<ref name="Upham 539" />

[[Gethsemane Episcopal Church (Appleton, Minnesota)|Gethsemane Episcopal Church]], on North Hering Street at Snelling Avenue, was built in 1879 and was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2011.