Eitzen is a city in Houston County, Minnesota, United States.

[5] A share of the early settlers being natives of Eitzen, Germany, caused the name to be selected.

[6] In September 2020, while visiting randomly selected households in Eitzen, a group of CDC officials claimed to have been confronted, and to have had their cars surrounded, by residents of houses who did not believe they were who they claimed to be; the incident was one of several that led to the discontinuation of the program.

[8] He further said that "a city official and two other residents responded to concerns about people going door-to-door in an unmarked car with California plates [...] Two vehicles driven by the city official and residents were parked on either side of the COVID-19 team's vehicle, but it was never blocked.

"[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.58 square miles (1.50 km2), all land.

About 3.0% of families and 3.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including none of those under the age of eighteen and 2.9% of those 65 or over.