Darfur

Darfur is a city in Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 108 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.3 square miles (0.78 km), all of it land. Minnesota State Highway 30 serves as a main route in the community. Darfur was platted in April 1899 by the Chicago and North Western Railway; its incorporation as a village was completed on December 31, 1903 and it became a city on January 1, 1974 when Minnesota abolished villages. According to Warren Upham, Darfur "was named for a country of Egyptian Sudan." In the mid-1990s, the city economy shifted from agricultural to technology, as several internet startups were founded there. As of the census of 2000, there...