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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Steele
- Platted
- September 1855
- Incorporated town
- August 9, 1858
- Incorporated city
- February 23, 1865
- Named after
- Straight River
- Type
- Representative council
- Mayor
- Matt Jessop
- Total
- 15.20 sq mi (39.36 km )
- Land
- 15.11 sq mi (39.14 km )
- Water
- 0.085 sq mi (0.22 km )
- Elevation
- 1,132 ft (345 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 26,470
- Density
- 1,748.2/sq mi (674.98/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 27-49300
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Owatonna
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Steele County
- Population
- 26420
- Area
- 37.857087
- Elevation
- 351
- Capital of
- Steele County
- Official website
- www.ci.owatonna.mn.us
- Image
- Owatonna, Minnesota 5.jpg
- Households
- 10616
- Dialing code
- 507
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- native label
- Owatonna
- postal code
- 55060
- Commons category
- Owatonna, Minnesota
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Owatonna, Minnesota
- P8168
- Nakuru
- water as percent of area
- 0.5811
- per capita income
- 35198
- date of incorporation
- 1858-08-09
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Encyclopedic overview
Owatonna (/ˌoʊwəˈtɒnə/) is a city in and the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,420 at the 2020 census. Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August. Interstate 35 and U.S. Highways 14 and 218 are three of the main routes in the city.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Owatonna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.