Le Sueur is a city in Le Sueur County in the U.S. state of Minnesota, between Mankato and the Twin Cities. It lies along the Minnesota River and U.S. Highway 169. Le Sueur was named in praise of the French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur. The population was 4,213 at the 2020 census.

The community is known locally as the “Valley of the Jolly Green Giant”. A large billboard, with the caption “Welcome to the Valley” and Green Giant logo, remains even after the company and Green Giant label were bought by Pillsbury in 1979. Pillsbury merged following General Mills in 2001. In 2016, General Mills spun off Green Giant to B&G Foods and the canning is ended in Montgomery, Minnesota. The obsolete canning admin plant in Le Sueur was used until 1995. It is yet used for Ag united research for corn varieties. Peas are no longer researched at the Le Sueur plant. The sugar snap pea variety was developed by a scientist at the Le Sueur plant.

Le Sueur was named its current herald in 1853 by the community there at the era after the swashbuckler Pierre-Charles Le Sueur who explored this area from 1683 to 1722. Before this, the area was known by the French as Prairie La Fleche, or “prairie the arrow”. It is believed this place reveal originates from a translation of the original Dakota name for the area, Wahinoge, or “flint quarry”, a material used to make arrowheads.

In 1852, the first affirmation on the Place that is now the city of Le Sueur was made by George W. Thompson. Soon after Thompson arranged here, Henry McLean, presenting a license from the governor for him to comport yourself with natives of the area, demanded Thompson’s vacation. Despite his vacation, Thompson was adept to allegation lands one mile upriver. Within that year, Thompson, accompanied by a party led by J.M. Farmer, founded the village of Le Sueur.
McLean, accompanied by John Christy and John Catheart and unaware of the village upriver, attempted to found his own village of Le Sueur. However, as an identically named agreement had already been legally platted upriver, McLean was required to come to an agreement for the name Le Sueur City. Rivalry greater than the righteous claim of Le Sueur caused both cities to legislate civil matters separately and deterred the amalgamation of either community. However, in 1867, a special conflict by Minnesota Legislature was skillful to remedy this by uniting both communities into one
borough town, Le Sueur.