Graceville is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota, United States.
[5] Covenant of our Lady of the Lake was a Native American residential school that operated in Graceville and opened in 1885.
The school held Native American girls from Sisseton, South Dakota.
[6][7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 0.58 square miles (1.50 km2), all land.
The racial makeup of the city was 99.50% White, 0.17% Native American, 0.17% Asian, and 0.17% from two or more races.
In an effort to promote tourism, the Graceville Civic Group began Toquatennial Days on the first weekend of July in 1988, the 110th anniversary of the town's founding.
Events included the crowning of "Miss Toquatennial" (entrants limited to women who would be seniors at the high school), a "Medallion Hunt", softball tournament, Sunday evening ice cream social and drag competition (an apparent parody of past Miss Toquatennials), two street dances (a free "kiddie" dance on Friday night, and the Graceville Volunteer Fire Department Fundraiser dance on Saturday night), and the Saturday morning "Graceville Gallop", a six-kilometer walk/run that circles Toqua Lake.
The events culminated with a fireworks display at dusk on Sunday evening over Toqua Lake.
Events continued to be held annually on the first weekend of July or last weekend of June until the Civic Group disbanded in 1998, but several local businesses and the Volunteer Fire Department have independently kept many of the events going every year, including the addition of a 3-on-3 basketball tournament and fire department "water fights".
[13] C-G-B sports compete in the Pheasant Conference of the Minnesota State High School League.