Editing Appleton, Minnesota (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|2.04|sqmi|sqkm|2|abbr=on}}; {{convert|1.97|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are land and {{convert|0.07|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is covered by water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-11-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>  The [[Pomme de Terre River (Minnesota)|Pomme de Terre River]] flows through the city and continues 10 miles to the west and south into Marsh Lake on the Minnesota River.<ref>{{cite book| title= Minnesota Atlas & Gazetteer |year=1994 |publisher= [[DeLorme]] |location=Yarmouth, Me. |isbn= 0-89933-222-6 |pages= 36}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 59#Minnesota|U.S. Highway 59]] and Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 7|7]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 119|119]] are the main routes in the city.