Heron Lake is a city in Jackson County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 698 at the 2010 census. Heron Lake was named in 1870 after a local lake where great blue herons were seen. Heron Lake was named after the Black-Crowned Night Heron. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.28 square miles (3.32 km2), all land. Minnesota State Highway 60 serves as a main route in the community. Roman Catholic Bishop Frederick William Freking of the Diocese of La Crosse was born in rural Heron Lake. Bishop Freking was one of 19 children of his father (by two wives), and the Bishop's brothers' and sisters' descendants, through blood and marriage, include a very large percentage of the inhabitants of the town. Many descendants of the Bishop's father have distinguished themselves outside the area, including Blake Freking, who has finished (but not won) the Iditarod dog-sled race at least twice. More information...
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