Wright County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 141,337. Its county seat is Buffalo. The county was founded in 1855. Wright County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. In terms of population, Wright County is the tenth-largest county in Minnesota and the fastest growing.
Cokato is a city in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,799 at the 2020 census.
Cokato Township is a township in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,238 at the 2000 census. Cokato Township was organized in 1868, and named for the Sioux language word meaning "at the middle". The 1896 Cokato Temperance Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Cannon City is an unincorporated community in Cannon City Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States, five miles northeast of Faribault.
Cokato can refer to a community in the United States:
Stockholm is an unincorporated community in Stockholm Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 30 near Quinlar Avenue SW.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Wright County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
The Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio is a local history museum in Cokato, Minnesota, United States, focused on the city of Cokato and the surrounding townships of southwest Wright County. The museum comprises two adjacent buildings, the modern museum hall and the August Akerlund Photographic Studio—the only known early-20th-century photographic studio still standing in the Upper Midwest. The museum is operated through a partnership between the City of Cokato and the Cokato Historical Society, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
West Albion is an unincorporated community in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Mitchell Avenue near Wright County Road 37.
Smith Lake is an unincorporated community in Middleville Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 5 near 50th Street SW. Nearby places include Cokato and Howard Lake.
Rice Lake is an unincorporated community in Stockholm Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 30 near Morrison Avenue SW.
Rassat is an unincorporated community in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located near the junction of Wright County Roads 8 and 35. The most infamous day in Rassat history was The Great Raccoon War of 6\19\93. The war consisted of three men with .22 Long Rifles who tried fighting off the raccoon infestation near Wolf Creek, but failed to do so. This means the only war that was fought in Rassat was a loss.
Oster is an unincorporated community in Carver and Wright Counties, Minnesota, United States.
Highland is an unincorporated community in Middleville Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 7 near 20th Street SW.
Hasty is an unincorporated community in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is near the junction of Interstate 94 and Wright County Road 8. Hasty is within Clearwater Township and Silver Creek Township.
French Lake is an unincorporated community in French Lake Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States, near Annandale and Cokato. The community is located near the junction of Wright County Roads 3 and 37.
Enfield is an unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 75 near Clementa Avenue NW. Nearby places include Hasty, Clearwater, and Monticello. Interstate 94 is nearby.
Albright is an unincorporated community in Middleville Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 5 near 15th Street SW. Nearby places include Howard Lake, Cokato, Albion Center, and Albright Mill County Park. The North Fork of the Crow River flows nearby.
Albion Center is an unincorporated community in Albion Township, Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along Wright County Road 6 near 20th Street NW. Nearby places include Annandale, Maple Lake, West Albion, and Albion Wildlife Management Area. Wright County Roads 5, 7, and 37 are also in the immediate area.
The Cokato Temperance Hall is a historic clubhouse built in 1896 in Cokato Township, Minnesota, United States, to serve as an alcohol-free social center in a rural Finnish American community. It was constructed by a local temperance society at a rural crossroads which became known as Temperance Corner. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its full Finnish name Cokaton P.R.S. Onnen Toivo Raittiusseura in 1976 for its local significance in the themes of European ethnic heritage and social history. It was nominated for its association with the temperance movement and importance to the cultural life of an immigrant community. The hall is now maintained by the Cokato Finnish American Historical Society, which has moved other historical structures nearby to form the Finnish Pioneer Park.
