Mountain Lake

Also known as Mountain Lake, Minnesota, Mountain Lake, MN

city in Minnesota, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Minnesota
County: Cottonwood
Established: May 25, 1872
Type: Mayor-Council
Total: 1.65 sq mi (4.27 km )
Land: 1.63 sq mi (4.23 km )
Water: 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
Elevation: 1,296 ft (395 m)
Density: 1,225.4/sq mi (473.12/km )
Time zone: UTC−6 ( Central (CST) )
Summer dst: UTC−5 (CDT)
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Mountain Lake is a city in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,999 as of the 2020 census.

Mountain Lake was initially composed mostly of the 1,800 Low German (or more specifically, Plautdietsch) speaking Mennonites from Russia who settled there between 1873 and 1880. Although the city has gradually become more diverse, with the more recent addition of immigrant groups including Lao, Hmong, and Hispanic people, a significant percentage of its inhabitants still have Mennonite surnames.