Worthington, Minnesota
Worthington is a city in and the county seat of Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,947 at the time of the 2020 census.
Worthington | |
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Tenth Street in downtown Worthington in 2007 | |
| Motto: You'll Come To Love Us | |
| Coordinates: 43°37′41″N 95°35′58″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Nobles |
| Founded | 1871 |
| Incorporated | April 29, 1872 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–Council |
| • Mayor | Rick Von Holdt |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.33 sq mi (24.15 km2) |
| • Land | 7.94 sq mi (20.56 km2) |
| • Water | 1.39 sq mi (3.59 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,572 ft (479 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 13,947 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 13,743 |
| • Density | 1,756.55/sq mi (678.22/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC–6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC–5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Code | 56187 |
| Area code | 507 |
| FIPS code | 27-71734 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2397378 |
| Sales tax | 7.875% |
| Website | ci.worthington.mn.us |
The city's site was first settled in the 1870s as Okabena Station on a line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, later the Chicago and North Western Railway (now part of the Union Pacific Railroad) where steam engines would take on water from adjacent Lake Okabena. More people entered, along with one A. P. Miller of Toledo, Ohio, under a firm called the National Colony Organization. Miller named the new city after his wife's maiden name.
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