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Welcome to Cottonwood County ...

Time Zone: Cottonwood County lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

The community of Windom is the Seat for Cottonwood County.

Cottonwood County was founded in 1857 and was created by taking area from Brown County.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Cottonwood had a population of 11,196 people. This is a decrease of 4.43% since the last Census (which gave a population of 11,715 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Cottonwood represented 0.22% of the total population of Minnesota.

Below are some of the communities located in Cottonwood County:

  • Bingham Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Jeffers
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
    • Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jeffers
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 346 people
  • Mountain Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Storden
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Storden is located in Cottonwood County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Storden
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 204 people
  • Westbrook
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Windom
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
    • Windom is located in Cottonwood County (MN)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windom
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,403 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Windom <2>

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Footnotes ...

<1>On a yearly basis, the US Census Bureau creates an estimate of the county's population. Keep in mind that this is an estimate and not an actual count. The last physical count was the 2010 Census and the next count will be for the 2020 Census.
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