Map of Hector city, Minnesota

Hector is a city in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,151 at the 2010 census.

Hector city overview:
Name:	Hector city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Renville County
Elevation:	1,086 ft (331 m)
Total Area:	1.81 sq mi (4.68 km²)
Land Area:	1.81 sq mi (4.68 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	1,012
Population Density:	560.35/sq mi (216.31/km²)
ZIP code:	55342
Area code:	320
FIPS code:	2728124
GNISfeature ID:	0644825
Website:	http://hector.govoffice.com/

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History

Hector was founded in 1878 when the Hastings and Dakota Railway Company constructed the railroad on the north side of the original town site. The ten-block town site survey was completed on September 14, 1878, on land owned by the Hastings and Dakota.

The village was named after the township of Hector, which had been organized in June 1874. It was originally named Milford, but the name was changed when it was learned there was already another Milford in Minnesota. There was heated debate between those who favored the name Plainfield (after the stage stop and post office) and those who favored the name Hector, a township in New York on the east shore of Seneca Lake where many of the early settlers came from. Hector, New York, was named after the bravest of the ancient Trojan warriors whose story is told in Homer’s “Iliad”. (Later research showed the other Milford was actually in South Dakota, so the town could have been named Milford after all.)