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Mower County
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county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855 (created), March 1, 1856 (organized)
- Named after
- John Edward Mower
- Seat
- Austin
- Largest city
- Austin
- Total
- 711.5 sq mi (1,843 km )
- Land
- 711.3 sq mi (1,842 km )
- Water
- 0.2 sq mi (0.52 km ) 0.03%
- Estimate 2025
- 40,971
- Density
- 57.6/sq mi (22.2/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional district
- 1st
- Website
- www .co .mower .mn .us
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Mower County (/ˈmaʊ.ər/) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,029. The county seat is Austin. Mower County comprises the Austin Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Rochester-Austin Combined Statistical Area. Lake Louise State Park is in southeastern Mower County, near Le Roy.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mower County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.