Walnut Grove is a city in Redwood County, Minnesota, United States.
One of the survivors, Henry W. Smith, escaped and made his way to Walnut Grove to warn the village.
A John Renniker was killed Northeast of Walnut Grove and is included with those that died at the slough.
[7] It was named for a grove of black walnut trees near the original town site.
This has increased the population to nearly 900, and Hmong now comprise 42 percent of the students in the Westbrook-Walnut Grove School District.
[9] Walnut Grove is the site of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum,[10] dedicated to the author of the Little House on the Prairie books.
The name "Walnut Grove" was also used in the Little House on the Prairie television series, although the program was filmed in California.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.06 square miles (2.75 km2), all land.
[11] Walnut Grove lies along U.S. Route 14, which connects it with Tracy to the west and Revere to the east.