In 2016, General Mills spun off Green Giant to B&G Foods and the canning is done in Montgomery, Minnesota.

The sugar snap pea variety was developed by a scientist at the Le Sueur plant.

[9] In 1852, the first claim on the area that is now the city of Le Sueur was made by George W. Thompson.

Rivalry over the righteous claim of Le Sueur caused both cities to legislate civil matters separately and deterred the incorporation of either community.

However, in 1867, a special act by Minnesota Legislature was able to remedy this by uniting both communities into one borough town, Le Sueur.

[10] William Worrall Mayo was an early resident who began his practice in Le Sueur.

He eventually founded the world-famous Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with his sons William and Charles.

His old home, the Dr. William W. Mayo House, was restored to its mid-1800 appearance and turned into a museum; it, along with several other buildings in Le Sueur, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 1925, along with the introduction of "Green Giant Great Big Tender Peas", a company mascot based on Paul Bunyan was introduced called "The Jolly Green Giant".

The new mascot spurred the company to change its name to "Green Giant Co." in 1950.

The canning company flourished in Le Sueur until Pillsbury's purchase of Green Giant 1979 which moved Green Giant headquarters from Le Sueur to Minneapolis.

[11][12] Of note, the more-than-55-foot fiberglass Jolly Green Giant statue resides not in Le Sueur but 60 miles away in Blue Earth, Minnesota.

Despite the devastation of Green Giant's departure, unemployment is low due to expansions to the pre-existing Le Sueur Inc. foundry and Davisco creamery and Cambria, a manufacturer of natural quartz surfaces.

[17] A Mars pet food plant existed in Le Sueur shortly until it was closed in 2009.

the church was affiliated, as of its original founding, with Le Sueur's French populace.

The church moved to three different parts of Le Sueur until being plotted in its current location in 1956.

The church moved to three different parts of Le Sueur until being plotted in its current location in 1980.