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Montevideo
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city in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Chippewa
- Platted
- May 25, 1870
- Incorporated village
- March 4, 1879
- Incorporated city
- June 30, 1908
- Type
- Council – Manager
- Mayor
- Erich Winter
- Total
- 4.80 sq mi (12.44 km )
- Land
- 4.71 sq mi (12.20 km )
- Water
- 0.089 sq mi (0.23 km )
- Elevation
- 1,020 ft (310 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 5,300
- Density
- 1,145.6/sq mi (442.31/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 27-43720
- Website
- montevideomn.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Montevideo
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Chippewa County
- Population
- 5398
- Area
- 12.581249
- Elevation
- 284
- Capital of
- Chippewa County
- Official website
- www.montevideomn.org
- Image
- Montevideo Carnegie Library.jpg
- Households
- 2428
- Dialing code
- 320
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- Commons category
- Montevideo, Minnesota
- twinned administrative body
- Montevideo
- postal code
- 56265
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Montevideo, Minnesota
- P8168
- Jenny von Westphalen
- water as percent of area
- 1.9061
- per capita income
- 32522
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- different from
- Montevideo
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Montevideo (/ˌmɒntəˈvɪdioʊ/ MON-tə-VID-ee-oh) is a city in and the county seat of Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,398 at the 2020 census.
The area around Montevideo was populated by Native Americans and fur traders during the first half of the 19th century. After the Dakota War of 1862, the US government opened the area to homesteaders. Railroads were built, and settlers followed, including Civil War veterans, Norwegians, Germans, Swedes, Dutch, and Irish. Montevideo was incorporated in 1879.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Montevideo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.