Comfrey, MN

Comfrey is a city in Brown and Cottonwood counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The 2020 census counted 392 residents. Comfrey was platted in 1902. Comfrey was named after the plant called comfrey, by the first postmaster, A. The Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site is located near Comfrey. Discovered in the 1870s, the rock carvings have been visited by scientists and archeologists. Mound Creek Park is located a few miles outside Comfrey. The park has 316 acres, and was dedicated in 1993. Comfrey Public School educates approximately 170 students in grades K-12. The school building was rebuilt in 1999 after being heavily damaged by a tornado. The short version is that Comfrey carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Comfrey: its past remains attached to the places people use now.