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

The community of Fergus Falls is the Seat for Otter Tail County.

Otter Tail County was founded in 1858. Otter Tail was created by taking area from Pembina and Cass Counties.

From the Census Estimates for 2019, <1> Otter Tail had a population of 58,746 people. This is an increase of 2.55% since the last Census (which gave a population of 57,288 people in 2010).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Otter Tail represented 1.08% of the total population of Minnesota.

Below are some of the communities located in Otter Tail County:

  • Battle Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Bluffton
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the east)
    • Bluffton is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 216 people
  • Clitherall
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Dalton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Dalton is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
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  • Deer Creek
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
    • Deer Creek is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 321 people
  • Dent
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
    • Dent is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 185 people
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  • Elizabeth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Erhard
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Erhard is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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    • Population from the 2020 Census: 145 people
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  • Continue List   (14 more) ...
    • Fergus Falls
      (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Henning
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
      • Henning is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 806 people
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    • New York Mills
      (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Ottertail
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Parkers Prairie
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Pelican Rapids
      (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
    • Perham
      (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
      • Perham is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,638 people
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    • Richville
      (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Rothsay
      (26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
      • Rothsay is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 476 people
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    • Underwood
      (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Urbank
      (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Urbank is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 52 people
    • Vergas
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
      • Vergas is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 354 people
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    • Vining
      (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
      • Vining is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 78 people
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    • Wadena
      (28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
      • Wadena is located in Otter Tail County (MN)
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      • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,121 people
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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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