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==History== Tyler was [[plat]]ted in 1879.<ref name="history">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA132 | title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways | author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company | year=1908 | page=132}}</ref> It was named for C. B. Tyler, a Minnesota land agent and newspaper editor.<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/n328 309]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation in Tyler since 1879.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Lincoln | title=Lincoln County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> Tyler's [[Danebod]] district was originally built up chiefly by Danish settlers and is now listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mnopedia.org/structure/danebod | title=Danebod | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | work=MNopedia | accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=WPA>{{cite book |author=<!--The Federal Writer's Project--> |orig-date=1938|date=1985 |title=WPA Guide to Minnesota |url= |publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|location=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] |pages=406 |isbn=0873517121}}</ref>
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