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class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="پرستون، مینه‌سوتا – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="پرستون، مینه‌سوتا" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(kapital_sa_kondado_sa_Tinipong_Bansa,_Minnesota)" title="Preston (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Minnesota) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Preston (kapital sa kondado sa Tinipong Bansa, Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7" title="پرستون، مینه‌سوتا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="پرستون، مینه‌سوتا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Preston, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (Миннесота) – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Престон (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Preston, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (Миннесота) – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Престон (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Preston, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1)" title="بريستون (فيلمور) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="بريستون (فيلمور)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (Миннесота) – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Престон (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston_(Minnesota)" title="Preston (Minnesota) – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Preston (Minnesota)" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4,_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (город, Миннесота) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Престон (город, Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Preston, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (Минесота) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Престон (Минесота)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Preston, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preston,_Minnesota" title="Preston, Minnesota – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Preston, Minnesota" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (Миннесота) – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Престон (Миннесота)" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%9C%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0)" title="Престон (Міннесота) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Престон (Міннесота)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" 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.infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Preston</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Preston Main Street commercial district"><img alt="Preston Main Street commercial district" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg/250px-DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg/375px-DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg/500px-DowntownBlockPrestonMN.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3394" data-file-height="1907" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Preston Main Street commercial district</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">"Minnesota's Trout Capitol"</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fillmore_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Preston_Highlighted.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Location of Preston within Fillmore County and state of Minnesota"><img alt="Location of Preston within Fillmore County and state of Minnesota" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Fillmore_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Preston_Highlighted.svg/250px-Fillmore_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Preston_Highlighted.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="162" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Fillmore_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Preston_Highlighted.svg/375px-Fillmore_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Preston_Highlighted.svg.png 1.5x, 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.latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Preston,_Minnesota&params=43_40_21_N_92_04_58_W_region:US-MN_type:city(1322)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">43°40′21″N</span> <span class="longitude">92°04′58″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">43.67250°N 92.08278°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">43.67250; -92.08278</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Minnesota" title="List of counties in Minnesota">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">2.46 sq mi (6.38 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Land</th><td class="infobox-data">2.46 sq mi (6.38 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Water</th><td class="infobox-data">0.00 sq mi (0.00 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">955 ft (291 m)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 United States Census">2020</a>)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,322</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">536.31/sq mi (207.11/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-6" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-6">UTC-6</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_American_Central_Time_Zone" class="mw-redirect" title="North American Central Time Zone">Central (CST)</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC-5" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC-5">UTC-5</a> (CDT)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ZIP_code" class="mw-redirect" title="ZIP code">ZIP code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">55965</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Area_code_507" class="mw-redirect" title="Area code 507">507</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Federal_Information_Processing_Standard" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Information Processing Standard">FIPS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">27-52450<sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_Names_Information_System" title="Geographic Names Information System">GNIS</a> feature ID</th><td class="infobox-data">2396272<sup id="cite_ref-gnis_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gnis-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Preston</b> is a city and the <a href="/wiki/County_seat" title="County seat">county seat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore County, Minnesota</a>, United States. The population was 1,325 at the <a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_Census" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 United States Census">2010 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2010_Census_(City)_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2010_Census_(City)-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GR6_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR6-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Root_River_(Minnesota)" title="Root River (Minnesota)">Root River</a> runs through it, and <a href="/wiki/Forestville/Mystery_Cave_State_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park">Mystery Cave State Park</a> is nearby. It bills itself as "America's <a href="/wiki/Trout" title="Trout">Trout</a> Capital,"<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a 20-foot trout <sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> placed along <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Highway_16" title="Minnesota State Highway 16">Minnesota State Highway 16</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Preston was <a href="/wiki/Plat" title="Plat">platted</a> in 1855.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The community was named for Luther Preston, a <a href="/wiki/Millwright" title="Millwright">millwright</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and postmaster.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old Preston <a href="/wiki/Grain_elevator" title="Grain elevator">grain elevator</a> used to be known as the Milwaukee Elevator Company Grain Elevator. It was built around 1890 for holding grain for shipment by <a href="/wiki/Railroad" class="mw-redirect" title="Railroad">railroad</a> to the <a href="/wiki/East_Coast_of_the_United_States" title="East Coast of the United States">Eastern</a> cities of the United States. The elevator was last used in the 1980s. It was built with "cribbed" construction, which has to do with interlocking bins. At the time it was a lot stronger and a lot more expensive to build it this way than to build it in stud construction. Now the Preston Historical Society is trying to restore the structure. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg/220px-2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg/330px-2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg/440px-2009-0528-Preston-Overlook.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3648" data-file-height="2736" /></a><figcaption>The Preston Overlook on the bluff above the city</figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Preston_Overlook" title="Preston Overlook">Preston Overlook</a> was built in 1937 by the Minnesota Department of Highways under the program of Federal Relief Construction during the <a href="/wiki/New_Deal" title="New Deal">New Deal</a>. A site was chosen on the highest point on the bluffs above the <a href="/wiki/Root_River_(Minnesota)" title="Root River (Minnesota)">Root River</a>, 90 feet below. The Preston Overlook was listed on the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 2003. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Census_Bureau" title="United States Census Bureau">United States Census Bureau</a>, the city has a total area of 2.45 square miles (6.35 km<sup>2</sup>), all land.<sup id="cite_ref-Gazetteer_files_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gazetteer_files-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The South Branch of the Root River snakes through the city. </p><p>U.S. Highway <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_52_in_Minnesota" title="U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota">52</a> and Minnesota Highway <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Highway_16" title="Minnesota State Highway 16">16</a> are two of the main routes in the city. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Preston,_Minnesota.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Preston%2C_Minnesota.jpg/220px-Preston%2C_Minnesota.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Preston%2C_Minnesota.jpg/330px-Preston%2C_Minnesota.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Preston%2C_Minnesota.jpg/440px-Preston%2C_Minnesota.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5496" data-file-height="3177" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_Climate_Classification" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen Climate Classification">Köppen Climate Classification</a> system, Preston has a <a href="/wiki/Warm-summer_humid_continental_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Warm-summer humid continental climate">warm-summer humid continental climate</a>, abbreviated "Dfb" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in Preston was 101 °F (38.3 °C) on July 18, 1964, August 2, 1964, July 14, 1995, and July 7, 2012, while the coldest temperature recorded was −45 °F (−42.8 °C) on February 3, 1996 and February 1, 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-NOWData_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOWData-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Preston, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1952–present </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">57<br />(14) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65<br />(18) </td> <td style="background: #FF5D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">82<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF3300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">94<br />(34) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">100<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td> <td style="background: #FF1F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">98<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #FF3A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92<br />(33) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">76<br />(24) </td> <td style="background: #FFA852; color:#000000;" class="notheme">63<br />(17) </td> <td style="background: #FF1800; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">101<br />(38) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #FFEFDF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">44.2<br />(6.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.1<br />(8.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.7<br />(18.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF6C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">78.5<br />(25.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">86.2<br />(30.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">91.2<br />(32.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">92.0<br />(33.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">90.6<br />(32.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">87.4<br />(30.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">80.8<br />(27.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">64.4<br />(18.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFDFBF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.3<br />(9.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">94.0<br />(34.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(−4.7) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.9<br />(4.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFC489; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.4<br />(13.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF952C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.6<br />(19.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">77.7<br />(25.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">81.1<br />(27.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">79.3<br />(26.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF8206; color:#000000;" class="notheme">72.5<br />(22.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.8<br />(14.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFF5EB; color:#000000;" class="notheme">42.7<br />(5.9) </td> <td style="background: #DFDFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.4<br />(−1.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">54.8<br />(12.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #B0B0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.8<br />(−10.1) </td> <td style="background: #BDBDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.1<br />(−7.7) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.7<br />(−0.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.7<br />(13.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9C39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">65.9<br />(18.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF8D1C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.6<br />(20.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF962D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">67.5<br />(19.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB367; color:#000000;" class="notheme">59.9<br />(15.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE5CC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.7<br />(8.2) </td> <td style="background: #E9E9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.0<br />(0.6) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(−6.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">43.8<br />(6.5) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #9393FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.1<br />(−15.5) </td> <td style="background: #9E9EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(−13.3) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.6<br />(−6.3) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.7<br />(6.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFC994; color:#000000;" class="notheme">54.0<br />(12.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">58.2<br />(14.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">55.7<br />(13.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE3C7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.3<br />(8.5) </td> <td style="background: #EEEEFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(1.4) </td> <td style="background: #CCCCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.2<br />(−4.9) </td> <td style="background: #A9A9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(−11.3) </td> <td style="background: #E8E8FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">32.8<br />(0.4) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean minimum °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #4B4BFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−19.9<br />(−28.8) </td> <td style="background: #5858FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−15.3<br />(−26.3) </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−2.7<br />(−19.3) </td> <td style="background: #BCBCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.9<br />(−7.8) </td> <td style="background: #DBDBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.3<br />(−2.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFCFA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">40.6<br />(4.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFE2C6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.4<br />(8.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFE8D1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.0<br />(7.8) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(0.1) </td> <td style="background: #C2C2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(−6.7) </td> <td style="background: #9A9AFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(−14.2) </td> <td style="background: #6767FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−10.4<br />(−23.6) </td> <td style="background: #3E3EFF; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−24.1<br />(−31.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °F (°C) </th> <td style="background: #0404FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−44<br />(−42) </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−45<br />(−43) </td> <td style="background: #1F1FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−35<br />(−37) </td> <td style="background: #6F6FFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−8<br />(−22) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18<br />(−8) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #F1F1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35<br />(2) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30<br />(−1) </td> <td style="background: #C0C0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19<br />(−7) </td> <td style="background: #9B9BFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7<br />(−14) </td> <td style="background: #4F4FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−19<br />(−28) </td> <td style="background: #1F1FFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">−35<br />(−37) </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−45<br />(−43) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> inches (mm) </th> <td style="background: #D5FFD5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.09<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #CDFFCD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.18<br />(30) </td> <td style="background: #B3FFB3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.00<br />(51) </td> <td style="background: #68FF68; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.84<br />(98) </td> <td style="background: #53FF53; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.52<br />(115) </td> <td style="background: #16FF16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.95<br />(151) </td> <td style="background: #61FF61; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.17<br />(106) </td> <td style="background: #5CFF5C; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.29<br />(109) </td> <td style="background: #6FFF6F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.68<br />(93) </td> <td style="background: #98FF98; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.73<br />(69) </td> <td style="background: #B5FFB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.89<br />(48) </td> <td style="background: #C7FFC7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.44<br />(37) </td> <td style="background: #88FF88; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">36.78<br />(935) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowfall inches (cm) </th> <td style="background: #00005C; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">11.0<br />(28) </td> <td style="background: #0000A6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">8.2<br />(21) </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">7.5<br />(19) </td> <td style="background: #9C9CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.5<br />(6.4) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3<br />(0.76) </td> <td style="background: #9999FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.6<br />(6.6) </td> <td style="background: #000089; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(25) </td> <td style="background: #7777FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">42.2<br />(107.52) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.01 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9797FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.0 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #7272FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.0 </td> <td style="background: #5454FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.8 </td> <td style="background: #5757FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">13.1 </td> <td style="background: #7C7CFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.6 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.6 </td> <td style="background: #8484FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9 </td> <td style="background: #A0A0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4 </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9 </td> <td style="background: #8282FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">118.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average snowy days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 in)</span> </th> <td style="background: #9D9DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #CDCDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.0 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #FDFDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #E0E0FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">29.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: NOAA<sup id="cite_ref-NOAA_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOAA-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td 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0}}</style> <table class="us-census-pop us-census-pop-right"> <caption>Historical population</caption> <tbody><tr><th scope="col">Census</th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></th><th scope="col"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">Note</span></th><th scope="col"><abbr title="Percent change">%±</abbr></th></tr> <tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1870_United_States_census" title="1870 United States census">1870</a></th><td>600</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1880_United_States_census" title="1880 United States census">1880</a></th><td>939</td><td></td><td>56.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1900_United_States_census" title="1900 United States census">1900</a></th><td>1,278</td><td></td><td>—</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1910_United_States_census" title="1910 United States census">1910</a></th><td>1,193</td><td></td><td>−6.7%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1920_United_States_census" title="1920 United States census">1920</a></th><td>1,227</td><td></td><td>2.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1930_United_States_census" title="1930 United States census">1930</a></th><td>1,214</td><td></td><td>−1.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_census" title="1940 United States census">1940</a></th><td>1,447</td><td></td><td>19.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1950_United_States_census" title="1950 United States census">1950</a></th><td>1,399</td><td></td><td>−3.3%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1960_United_States_census" title="1960 United States census">1960</a></th><td>1,491</td><td></td><td>6.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1970_United_States_census" title="1970 United States census">1970</a></th><td>1,413</td><td></td><td>−5.2%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1980_United_States_census" title="1980 United States census">1980</a></th><td>1,478</td><td></td><td>4.6%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_census" title="1990 United States census">1990</a></th><td>1,530</td><td></td><td>3.5%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_census" title="2000 United States census">2000</a></th><td>1,426</td><td></td><td>−6.8%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_United_States_census" title="2010 United States census">2010</a></th><td>1,325</td><td></td><td>−7.1%</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_census" title="2020 United States census">2020</a></th><td>1,322</td><td></td><td>−0.2%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="us-census-pop-footnote" style="text-align: center"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html">U.S. Decennial Census</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2010_census">2010 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 2010 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-wwwcensusgov_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwwcensusgov-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2010, there were 1,325 people, 603 households, and 361 families living in the city. The <a href="/wiki/Population_density" title="Population density">population density</a> was 540.8 inhabitants per square mile (208.8/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 675 housing units at an average density of 275.5 per square mile (106.4/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 98.3% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, and 1.1% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 0.6% of the population. </p><p>There were 603 households, of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 8.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.1% were non-families. 36.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.15 and the average family size was 2.79. </p><p>The median age in the city was 43.8 years. 21.4% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.5% were from 25 to 44; 28% were from 45 to 64; and 20.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.4% male and 50.6% female. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000_census">2000 census</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2000 census"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of the <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a><sup id="cite_ref-GR2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GR2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> of 2000, there were 1,426 people, 583 households, and 374 families living in the city. The population density was 606.3 inhabitants per square mile (234.1/km<sup>2</sup>). There were 616 housing units at an average density of 261.9 per square mile (101.1/km<sup>2</sup>). The racial makeup of the city was 98.95% <a href="/wiki/White_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="White (U.S. Census)">White</a>, 0.14% <a href="/wiki/African_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="African American (U.S. Census)">African American</a>, 0.14% <a href="/wiki/Native_American_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American (U.S. Census)">Native American</a>, 0.14% <a href="/wiki/Asian_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian (U.S. Census)">Asian</a>, 0.14% from <a href="/wiki/Race_(United_States_Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (United States Census)">other races</a>, and 0.49% from two or more races. <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hispanic (U.S. Census)">Hispanic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Latino_(U.S._Census)" class="mw-redirect" title="Latino (U.S. Census)">Latino</a> of any race were 0.42% of the population. </p><p>There were 583 households, out of which 28.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.9% were <a href="/wiki/Marriage" title="Marriage">married couples</a> living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 32.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.89. </p><p>In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.5% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 24.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.6 males. </p><p>The median income for a household in the city was $37,016, and the median income for a family was $50,234. Males had a median income of $30,463 versus $21,520 for females. The <a href="/wiki/Per_capita_income" title="Per capita income">per capita income</a> for the city was $18,578. About 4.3% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the <a href="/wiki/Poverty_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Poverty line">poverty line</a>, including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Trail_connection">Trail connection</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Trail connection"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Preston is intersected by the Harmony-Preston Valley segment of the <a href="/wiki/Blufflands_State_Trail" class="mw-redirect" title="Blufflands State Trail">Blufflands State Trail</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Fillmore Central School District</b> (#2198) is a <a href="/wiki/Public_school_(government_funded)" class="mw-redirect" title="Public school (government funded)">public school</a> <a href="/wiki/School_district" title="School district">district</a> that has two schools in Preston. Those schools are the Elementary (<a href="/wiki/Pre-kindergarten" title="Pre-kindergarten">pre-kindergarten</a>- fourth grade) and Middle Schools (fifth - sixth grade). The High School (seventh-twelfth grade) is located in nearby <a href="/wiki/Harmony,_Minnesota" title="Harmony, Minnesota">Harmony, Minnesota</a>. For the school years of 2005–06, their enrollment is 641 students. Fillmore Central's predicted total enrollment is 604 students for the school years of 2006–07.</li> <li>The <b>Preston Public Library</b> is a member of Southeastern Libraries Cooperating, the <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Minnesota" title="Southeast Minnesota">Southeast Minnesota</a> library region.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Preston,_Minnesota&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-CenPopGazetteer2020-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CenPopGazetteer2020_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt">"2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files"</a>. 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0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png/100px-Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png/150px-Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png/200px-Rochester_MN_Metropolitan_Area_Updated.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="573" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Incorporated<br />Places</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(over 5,000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Byron,_Minnesota" title="Byron, Minnesota">Byron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kasson,_Minnesota" title="Kasson, Minnesota">Kasson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_City,_Minnesota" title="Lake City, Minnesota">Lake City</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stewartville,_Minnesota" title="Stewartville, Minnesota">Stewartville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">(under 5,000)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellechester,_Minnesota" title="Bellechester, Minnesota">Bellechester</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blooming_Prairie,_Minnesota" title="Blooming Prairie, Minnesota">Blooming Prairie</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canton,_Minnesota" title="Canton, Minnesota">Canton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatfield,_Minnesota" title="Chatfield, Minnesota">Chatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claremont,_Minnesota" title="Claremont, Minnesota">Claremont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_Center,_Minnesota" title="Dodge Center, Minnesota">Dodge Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Minnesota" title="Dover, Minnesota">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elgin,_Minnesota" title="Elgin, Minnesota">Elgin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eyota,_Minnesota" title="Eyota, Minnesota">Eyota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain,_Minnesota" title="Fountain, Minnesota">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Meadow,_Minnesota" title="Grand Meadow, Minnesota">Grand Meadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hammond,_Minnesota" title="Hammond, Minnesota">Hammond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony,_Minnesota" title="Harmony, 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Island, Minnesota">Pine Island</a><sup><small>‡</small></sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Preston</a><sup><small>†</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainview,_Minnesota" title="Plainview, Minnesota">Plainview</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racine,_Minnesota" title="Racine, Minnesota">Racine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushford_Village,_Minnesota" title="Rushford Village, Minnesota">Rushford Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushford,_Minnesota" title="Rushford, Minnesota">Rushford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley,_Minnesota" title="Spring Valley, Minnesota">Spring Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabasha,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha, Minnesota">Wabasha</a><sup><small>†</small></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whalan,_Minnesota" title="Whalan, Minnesota">Whalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Concord,_Minnesota" title="West Concord, Minnesota">West Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wykoff,_Minnesota" title="Wykoff, Minnesota">Wykoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zumbro_Falls,_Minnesota" title="Zumbro Falls, Minnesota">Zumbro Falls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Counties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="Dodge County, Minnesota">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mower_County,_Minnesota" title="Mower County, Minnesota">Mower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olmsted_County,_Minnesota" title="Olmsted County, Minnesota">Olmsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup><small>‡</small></sup> indicates that it is partially in the metropolitan area. 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<li><a href="/wiki/Peterson,_Minnesota" title="Peterson, Minnesota">Peterson</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushford_Village,_Minnesota" title="Rushford Village, Minnesota">Rushford Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushford,_Minnesota" title="Rushford, Minnesota">Rushford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley,_Minnesota" title="Spring Valley, Minnesota">Spring Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whalan,_Minnesota" title="Whalan, Minnesota">Whalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wykoff,_Minnesota" title="Wykoff, Minnesota">Wykoff</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="5" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Map of Minnesota highlighting Fillmore County"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg/180px-Map_of_Minnesota_highlighting_Fillmore_County.svg.png" 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href="/wiki/Chatfield_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Chatfield Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Chatfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestville_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Forestville Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Forestville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fountain_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Fountain Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Harmony Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holt_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Holt Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Holt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jordan_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Jordan Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburg_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Newburg Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Newburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norway_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Norway Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilot_Mound_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Pilot Mound Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Pilot Mound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preble_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Preble Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Preble</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Preston_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Preston Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Preston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spring_Valley_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Spring Valley Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Spring Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sumner_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Sumner Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Sumner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_Township,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="York Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota">York</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Unincorporated_area" title="Unincorporated area">Unincorporated<br />communities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bratsberg,_Minnesota" title="Bratsberg, Minnesota">Bratsberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherry_Grove,_Minnesota" title="Cherry Grove, Minnesota">Cherry Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etna,_Minnesota" title="Etna, Minnesota">Etna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fillmore,_Minnesota" title="Fillmore, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Granger,_Minnesota" title="Granger, Minnesota">Granger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenleafton,_Minnesota" title="Greenleafton, Minnesota">Greenleafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton,_Minnesota" title="Hamilton, Minnesota">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henrytown,_Minnesota" title="Henrytown, Minnesota">Henrytown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland,_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="Highland, Fillmore County, Minnesota">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lenora,_Minnesota" title="Lenora, Minnesota">Lenora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newburg,_Minnesota" title="Newburg, Minnesota">Newburg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prosper,_Minnesota" title="Prosper, Minnesota">Prosper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">Ghost towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clear_Grit,_Minnesota" title="Clear Grit, Minnesota">Clear Grit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elliota,_Minnesota" title="Elliota, Minnesota">Elliota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestville,_Minnesota" title="Forestville, Minnesota">Forestville</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;color:inherit;">Footnotes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div style="text-align: center;">‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties</div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Portal:Minnesota_(state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Portal:Minnesota (state)"><span>Minnesota portal</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_States" title="Portal:United States"><span>United States portal</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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