Town file
Eyota, Minnesota
Eyota, Minnesota (Olmsted County, Minnesota) is the town in one episode of Small Town Murder, the comedy true-crime podcast: episode 329, "The Warlock Test" (23 October 2022). Wayne Edward Lang was twenty-two in the autumn of 1989, the second youngest of six children of Geneve and Kenneth Lang, raised on a small farm in the Hinckley and Pine City area of Minnesota.
- Town
- Eyota
- County
- Olmsted County
- State
- Minnesota
- Country
- USA
- Episodes
- 329
- Approximate location
- 43.988, -92.232
Episode 329 / 23 October 2022 / 69 min / express
The Warlock Test
"We're going to Eyota, Minnesota, in southeastern Minnesota, damn near Wisconsin, right outside Rochester." about 0:03:20
The case: Murder of Wayne Edward Lang (October 29, 1989). Read the case file.
The figures, as told in 2022
- Population
- about 1,892
- Median household income
- about $70,000 a year
- Median home value
- just above the national average
History, in brief
- The town was platted in 1864. about 0:04:57
- The name means greatest or most and is derived from a Sioux Indian word. about 0:05:00
- The town has had a post office since 1864. about 0:05:07
- The earliest settler was Benjamin Bear, who came in 1853 looking for a site with an ever-flowing spring and returned the following year with his family. about 0:05:12
- The stream that runs from the spring is called Bear Creek. about 0:05:51
- The railroad was the big employer over the years. about 0:05:57
- The streets were laid out on farmland. about 0:06:02
- In September 2022 the last bank in town closed, leaving no physical bank. about 0:06:07
The reviews read out
4 stars
"The people are kind and friendly, but there are not many hot spots; the most exciting places are the QuickTrip and the Dollar General."about 0:06:59
3 stars
"A very close community where everyone is friendly and willing to help; a safe town where not many bad things happen and there is no need to be scared walking home or to school."about 0:07:49
Nearest Small Town Murder towns
- Blooming Prairie, Minnesota42 miles
- Red Wing, Minnesota45 miles
- Spring Brook, Wisconsin62 miles
- Menomonie, Wisconsin64 miles
- Woodbury, Minnesota72 miles
- Montgomery, Minnesota74 miles
Everything here is as told in the episode, on the date it went out; figures and places may have changed since. Endings are covered: open an episode and use the spoiler switch to read them.