Florence, Minnesota

About Florence

Set in the southwestern part of Minnesota, Florence is a tiny community with an estimated population of 21.

Florence holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.11 square miles, giving it wide-open spaces and a spread-out, rural feel at roughly 191 residents per square mile.

📰 Florence News Today

• Florence G. Simon Star Tribune · Sep 20
• Florence Thomas Duluth News Tribune · Sep 28
• Florence Estelle Forbrook Obituary Apr 9, 2026 Minnesota Valley Funeral Home · Apr 9
• Florence Lydia Buth Boulger Funeral Home · Jul 24
• A Minneapolis opera brings back a pioneering Black composer MPR News · Jan 30

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What Makes Florence Unique

• One of 16 places in the US named Florence — but the Minnesota one has a character all its own.
• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.11 sq mi.
• With 21 residents, it's one of America's smallest incorporated communities — everybody really does know everybody.
• Positioned in southwestern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 8 miles.

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