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Harmony is a city in Fillmore County in southeastern Minnesota, founded in 1880, that bills itself as the 'Biggest Little Town in Southern Minnesota.'

Harmony had a population of 1,043 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 1,020 in 2010.

The 2010 census counted 479 households in Harmony, and the town skews unusually old — the median age in 2010 was 53.3 years, with about a third of residents aged 65 or older.

Harmony is home to Minnesota's largest Amish community — Swartzentruber Amish families from Wayne County, Ohio began settling the area in 1974 in search of cheaper land, and the settlement now has more than 800 people in six church districts.

Harmony's Amish neighbors farm and run low-tech businesses selling furniture, baskets, rugs, quilts, jams and baked goods, and Amish shops and tours are the focal point of local tourism.

Just outside Harmony, Niagara Cave is one of the largest caves in the Midwest, with about five miles of passageways, ancient fossils embedded in its limestone, and a 60-foot waterfall in a chamber 200 feet underground.

Niagara Cave was discovered by accident in 1926 by a local pig farmer and has been open to the public since 1933; it even contains a wedding chapel where more than 400 weddings have been performed.

Harmony's JEM Theatre, built in 1940, is the only movie theater operating in Fillmore County.

Harmony is the southern terminus of the Harmony-Preston Valley segment of the Blufflands State Trail, which links the town into the popular Root River Trail system.

Harmony students attend Fillmore Central High School (grades 7-12) in town, part of the Fillmore Central School District, while the district's elementary and middle schools are located in nearby Preston.