Editing Cobden, Minnesota (section)

==History==
A post office was established as Cobden in 1886, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1972.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Brown | title=Brown County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=28 February 2015}}</ref> Cobden was [[plat]]ted in 1901, and incorporated in 1905.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n88 69]}}</ref> The city was named for [[Richard Cobden]], a British statesman.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA58|year=1908|page=58}}</ref>