Becker County is a county in Minnesota, United States, in the west-central part of the state, straddling the boundary between prairie and northern lakes country. It had a population of 35,183 at the 2020 census and covers 1,445 square miles (3,743 km2), centred near 46\u00b056\u2032N 95\u00b044\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Detroit Lakes is the county seat, and its postal code is 56501. The county has 7 incorporated cities, roughly a dozen unincorporated communities, and 39 organized townships. Becker County sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Becker County’s population centers split between seven incorporated cities and a scatter of unincorporated communities across its lake-studded townships. Detroit Lakes is by far the largest; the rest are small lake or rail towns of a few hundred people or fewer. In the table below, “CDP” marks a Census-designated place with no city government and “Unincorp.” marks a named locality with no formal municipal boundary.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lakes<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | Detroit<\/td>\n | 9,869<\/td>\n | 56501<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Frazee<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56544<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lake Park<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Lake Park<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56554<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Audubon<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Audubon<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56511<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Callaway<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Callaway<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56521<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ogema<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56569<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wolf Lake<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Wolf Lake<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56593<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| White Earth<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | White Earth<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56591<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Osage<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Osage<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56570<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Ponsford<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56575<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Rochert<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56578<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Richwood<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Richwood<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56577<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Two Inlets<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Two Inlets<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cormorant<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Cormorant<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pine Point<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Pine Point<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Bucks Mill<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Goldenrod<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Midway<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Shoreham<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Snellman<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lake Eunice<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Lake Eunice<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Evergreen<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Evergreen<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n The county seat, Detroit Lakes, is the only city with its own ZIP code split across two postal codes, 56501 and 56502; the 56502 code is a post-office-box-only designation for the same city. A cluster of older Becker County mobile-home and trailer-park listings from prior census counts — Acorn Lake MH Court, Albertsons Lake Trailer Park, Audubon MH Park, Clems Long Bridge MH Park, Feldt MH Park, Floyd Lake MH Park, Lake Park Trailer Court, North Shore Trailer Park, Oak Grove MH Park, Riverview Terrace MH Park and Town Lake Estates — are residential developments rather than towns or villages and are omitted here, as are a handful of older place names (Elbow Lake, Elbow Lake Village, LaBelle, Richards, Westbury) that could not be independently confirmed against current Becker County place data.<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\nBecker County is organized into 39 civil townships, most named for the lake, family or Norwegian-American settlement that founded them. Population figures for individual townships are not confirmed in this rewrite and are marked below; the list itself is drawn from the county’s official township roll.<\/p>\n \n |