Cottage Grove, Minnesota

About Cottage Grove

Cottage Grove is a thriving city in eastern Minnesota counting 42,760 people who proudly call it home.

Officially, Cottage Grove is an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 33.64 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 1,271 residents per square mile.

📰 Cottage Grove News Today

• Iver William Howie (Bill) Star Tribune · Oct 11
• Stark Power Acquires Cottage Grove Energy Campus in Minnesota - News and Statistics IndexBox · Oct 8
• Stark Power To Acquire 262 MW Cottage Grove Energy Campus In Minnesota Pulse 2.0 · Oct 8
• Stark Power to Acquire Cottage Grove Energy Campus in Minnesota Lelezard · Oct 8
• Stark Power to Acquire Cottage Grove Energy Campus in Minnesota TradingView · Oct 8

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

📰 Local News

Read the latest Minnesota headlines on our news site, Bless News Daily.

What Makes Cottage Grove Unique

• A top-25 city in Minnesota by population (#24 of 855 incorporated places).
• Positioned in eastern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• The sweet spot: real amenities without big-city congestion.
• Local businesses and schools anchored by a stable resident base of 42,760.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 7 miles.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Cottage Grove

• Applebee's — american
• Carbone's Pizzeria — pizza
• Starbucks — coffee shop (café)
• Cassini's Pizza
• Ho King Restaurant — chinese

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · click a restaurant to read or write reviews.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Cottage Grove Spalsh Pad · Water park

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Cottage Grove

• Spring Lake Park Reserve reviews ★
• Cottage Grove Ravine Park reviews ★
• Denmark Township Park reviews ★
• Foothill Park reviews ★
• Grey Cloud Dunes SNA · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Hemingway Park reviews ★
• Ideal Park reviews ★
• Kingston Park reviews ★
• Nina's Park reviews ★
• North Ideal Park reviews ★
• Old Cottage Grove Community Park reviews ★
• Pine Glen Park reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Cottage Grove

• ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY
• Access
• Ages 3-5 Early Childhood Special Ed
• COTTAGE GROVE ELEMENTARY
• COTTAGE GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL
• CRESTVIEW ELEMENTARY
• GREY CLOUD ELEMENTARY
• HILLSIDE ELEMENTARY
• Next Step Transition Program
• OLTMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL
• PINE HILL ELEMENTARY
• Park High School
• SoWashCo Online K-5
• South Washington Alternative HS

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🌤️ Current Weather

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