Porter is a city in Yellow Medicine and Lincoln counties, Minnesota, United States.

[3] Porter was platted in October 1881 when the Winona and St. Peter Railroad was extended to that point.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.998 square miles (5.17 km2), all land.

[1] The North Branch of the Yellow Medicine River flows through the city.

About 17.7% of families and 18.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.2% of those under the age of eighteen and 20.6% of those 65 or over.

The town's heritage is still celebrated today with the annual Lutefisk, Lefse and Swedish Meatball Supper at Bethel Lutheran Church (Porter Norwegian Lutheran Church) in early November.

Porter celebrates its annual Market Day Sale in April.

The auction is a pre-World War II tradition that carries on to this day.

As has been tradition for the over 90 years of the auction, homemade pies and sandwiches are still served in the Porter Community Hall by the Bethel Lutheran Church and food stands are operated by the Deb's Café and various Porter organizations throughout the auction grounds.