Welcome to Heron Lake ...The city of Heron Lake is located in Jackson County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Heron Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1870. A typical abbreviation for Heron Lake: Heron Lk. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Heron Lake has a population of 645 people<2> (see below for details). Heron Lake is 1,420 feet [433 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Heron Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Codes for Heron Lake: 507 & 924<4> The ZIP code for Heron Lake: 56137<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Heron Lake had an population of 645 people. This is a decrease of 7.59% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 16.02% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Heron Lake had a population of 698 people (or 6.8% of the total population of Jackson County). This makes Heron Lake the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Heron Lake represents 0.01% of the population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 426th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 698 people, the population of Heron Lake decreased 9.11% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 768 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Heron Lake. Communities near Heron Lake ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Heron Lake.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Heron Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Heron Lake. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Heron Lake. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Heron Lake. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Heron Lake. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Heron Lake. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Heron Lake ...Looking for more information about Heron Lake? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Heron Lake, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Heron Lake. Adding Heron Lake to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Heron Lake in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Heron Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Heron Lake. Footnotes ...
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