Lafayette is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States.

Lafayette is part of the Mankato-North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.

[5] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.15 square miles (2.98 km2), all land.

Minnesota State Highway 15 serves as a main route in the community.

In her book Cats of Shambala, she wrote that she was born in New Ulm as Lafayette did not have a hospital.