Taopi, Minnesota

Taopi (/teɪˈoʊpi/ tay-OH-pee)[5] is a city in Mower County, Minnesota, United States.

The name of the village is derived from Taopi, the native chief who befriended the settlers after the New Ulm massacre.

The first lot was bought by James Olberg, and J. Martz opened a furniture store there before moving the operation to Le Roy.

Taopi had the largest steam-powered flour mill in southern Minnesota; it could process 300,000 bushels of wheat each year.

[7] Taopi is in southern Mower County and is surrounded by Lodi Township.

Austin, the Mower county seat, is 21 miles (34 km) to the northwest via MN 56 and Interstate 90.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city of Taopi has a total area of 0.39 square miles (1.01 km2), all of it recorded as land.

The source of the Wapsipinicon River is less than a mile south of the city limits.

Map of Minnesota highlighting Mower County