Northfield | |
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Motto(s): "Cows, College, Contentment"[1] | |
Coordinates: 44°27′18″N 93°10′11″W / 44.45500°N 93.16972°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
Counties | Rice, Dakota |
Platted | October 1855 |
Incorporated (village) | 1871 |
Incorporated (city) | February 26, 1875 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council government |
• Mayor | Rhonda Pownell |
Area | |
• City | 8.53 sq mi (22.10 km2) |
• Land | 8.51 sq mi (22.03 km2) |
• Water | 0.03 sq mi (0.06 km2) 0.58% |
Elevation | 925 ft (282 m) |
Population | |
• City | 20,790 |
• Estimate (2022)[5] | 20,924 |
• Density | 2,443.87/sq mi (943.55/km2) |
• Urban | 22,686 |
• Metro | 67,693 |
Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
ZIP Code | 55057 |
Area code | 507 |
FIPS code | 27-46924 |
GNIS feature ID | 2395265[3] |
Sales tax | 7.375%[6] |
Website | northfieldmn.gov |
Northfield is a city in Dakota and Rice counties in the State of Minnesota. It is mostly in Rice County, with a small portion in Dakota County. The population was 20,790 at the 2020 census.[4] Northfield is 40 miles south of the downtowns of Minneapolis and St. Paul and is an exurb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.
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