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Census Data for Dotson

As far as we can tell, Dotson has not been included in past Census counts, so there is no population information for this community.

While we don't have census information for Dotson, you might be interested in some nearby communities where we do:

  • Springfield
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Comfrey
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Sanborn
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
  • Cobden
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Cobden is located in Brown County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cobden
  • Darfur
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Darfur is located in Watonwan County
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  • Jeffers
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Jeffers is located in Cottonwood County
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  • Clements
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
    • Clements is located in Redwood County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clements
  • Evan
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Evan is located in Brown County
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  • Lamberton
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Wanda
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  • Sleepy Eye
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Mountain Lake
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      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
      • Butterfield is located in Watonwan County
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    • Morgan
      (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
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    • Bingham Lake
      (18 miles [29 km] to the south)

Brown County ...

Dotson is located in Brown County<2>.

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Brown County.

Miscellaneous Information for Dotson ...

The Federal government has assigned various identifying codes to each community, county and state. At one time or another, the US Census Bureau has used one (or more) of the following identifiers when referring to either Brown County or the community of Dotson:

  • The GNIS Codes ...
    • The current system of identification is called the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). The following GNIS codes relate to Dotson:
    • GNIS ID for Dotson: 654676
    • GNIS ID for Brown County: 659453
    • GNIS ID for State of Minnesota: 662849
  • The FIPS Codes ...
    • An earlier (and largely obsolete) identification method was called the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS):
    • State Code: 27 (Minnesota)
    • County Code: 015 (Brown County)
    • Place Code: 16220 (Dotson)
    • State & County Code: 27/015 (Minnesota / Brown County)
    • State & Place Code: 27/16220 (Minnesota / Dotson)
  • Misc. Census Codes ...
    • Dotson is located in Census Region #2 (the Midwest Region) and Division #4 (the West North-Central Division).

For more information about the various Federal identification codes, please visit our Misc Page for Dotson.

Footnotes ...

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<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Minnesota's counties, including Brown, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.