Peterson, MN

Peterson is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 234 residents. In the year 1853, Peter Peterson Haslerud purchased and platted the village site of Peterson and was the major force behind its early growth and development. The community was named after him. Peterson is one of several towns intersected by the Root River segment of the Blufflands State Trail. Peterson's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Minnesota setting. The local scoop is how Peterson's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet.