Balaton, Minnesota Balaton, Minnesota Balaton is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 643 at the 2010 census. Balaton was platted in 1879 by the railroad. It was named after Lake Balaton, in Hungary. A post office has been in operation at Balaton since 1879. Balaton was incorporated in 1882. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. As of the census of 2010, there were 643 people, 273 households, and 168 families residing in the city. The population density was . There were
Lake Balaton the region of Lake Balaton, in a territory of modern Zalavár surrounded by forests and swamps along the river Zala. His well fortified castle and capital of Balaton Principality that became known as "Blatnohrad" or "Moosburg" ("Swamp Fortress") served as a bulwark both against the Bulgarians and the Moravians. The German name for the lake is '. It is unlikely that the Germans named the lake so for being shallow since the adjective ' is a Greek loanword that was borrowed via French and entered the general German vocabulary in the 17th century. It is also noteworthy that the average