Biohazard and Pathogen Disinfection in Sherburn, MN

Sherburn is a city in western Martin County, Minnesota, about 13 miles west of Fairmont, the county seat, and its motto is "Pride of the Fox," a nod to nearby Fox Lake.

The town got its name when the Southern Minnesota Railroad arrived in October 1878 — "Sherburne" was accepted in honor of Sherburne S. Merrill, general manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, beating out proposed names like Lone Cedar, Huntington and Vestal.

Sherburn's roots go back to the mid-1860s, when George Archer ran a sod tavern marked by a lone cedar tree on the north bank of Lake Manyaska as a rest stop for travelers between Fairmont and Jackson.

A post office has been in operation at Sherburn since 1879, and the community celebrated its centennial in 1979.

Sherburn was the site of one of the first and deadliest bank robberies in Martin County history — in October 1896 two brothers robbed the Bank of Sherburn, killed two people, and escaped on bicycles before being run down by a posse.

The undefeated 1970 Sherburn Raiders boys' basketball team won Minnesota's single-class state championship, beating heavily favored South St. Paul 78–62 in the final.

Sherburn had 1,058 residents at the 2020 census, down from 1,137 in 2010, when the city counted 500 households across just 0.92 square miles of land.

In 1988 Sherburn consolidated its schools with neighboring Trimont and Welcome to form the Martin County West School District.

Since 1999 Sherburn has shared a joint police department with the neighboring city of Welcome, known as the Sherburn/Welcome Police Department.

Interstate 90 passes through the north end of Sherburn, and Minnesota State Highway 4 runs through the center of town as Main Street and Front Street.