Cottonwood County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- May 23, 1857 (created), July 29, 1870 (organized)
- Named after
- Cottonwood River
- Seat
- Windom
- Largest city
- Windom
- Total
- 649 sq mi (1,680 km )
- Land
- 639 sq mi (1,660 km )
- Water
- 10 sq mi (26 km ) 1.5%
- Estimate 2025
- 11,405
- Density
- 17.8/sq mi (6.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 1st , 7th
- Website
- www .cottonwoodcountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Cottonwood River
- Official name
- Cottonwood County
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Capital
- Windom
- Population
- 11517
- Area
- 1681
- Shares border with
- Watonwan County
- Official website
- www.co.cottonwood.mn.us
- Image
- Cottonwood County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 4915
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- category of associated people
- Category:People from Cottonwood County, Minnesota
- Commons category
- Cottonwood County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Cottonwood County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1857-05-23
- water as percent of area
- 1.5
- native label
- Cottonwood County
- different from
- Cottonwood
- per capita income
- 27709
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Encyclopedic overview
Cottonwood County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 11,517. Its county seat is Windom.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cottonwood County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.