page_title: Appleton, Minnesota
hierarchical_section_title: Appleton, Minnesota
caption_attribution_description: English: The city hall on Main Street of Appleton, Minnesota.
context_page_description: Appleton is a city in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,412 at the 2010 census. The town is home to a vacant medium-security prison, the Prairie Correctional Facility, which is wholly owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America. Appleton also includes a facility operated by Eat JUST Protein, Inc.
  Elmer A. Benson, who served as a United States Senator and as governor of Minnesota, was born in Appleton on September 22, 1895. Appleton is also home to many retirees and military veterans. All of its twenty-some streets, except Minnesota Street, are named for local veterans who died in combat.
context_section_description: Appleton is a city in Swift County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,412 at the 2010 census.  The town is home to a vacant medium-security prison, the Prairie Correctional Facility, which is wholly owned and operated by Corrections Corporation of America. Appleton also includes a facility operated by Eat JUST Protein, Inc.
  Elmer A. Benson, who served as a United States Senator and as governor of Minnesota, was born in Appleton on September 22, 1895. Appleton is also home to many retirees and military veterans. All of its twenty-some streets, except Minnesota Street, are named for local veterans who died in combat.
caption: Appleton's Old City Hall
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