{"id":4925,"date":"2023-07-01T19:00:58","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T19:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T22:20:50","slug":"cook-county-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/townsvillages.com\/us\/cook-county-minnesota\/","title":{"rendered":"Cook County, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cook County is a county in Minnesota, United States, on the North Shore of Lake Superior at the state’s northeastern tip, bordering Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 5,600 at the 2020 census and covers 3,340 square miles (8,700 km2) — 1,452 square miles (3,760 km2) of land and 1,887 square miles (4,890 km2) of water — centred near 47°55′N 90°33′W.<\/p>\n

Grand Marais is the county seat, and its postal code is 55604. The county has one incorporated city, three organized townships, and a handful of unincorporated communities spread along the Lake Superior shoreline and inland toward the Boundary Waters. Cook County sits in the Central time zone, and its FIPS code is 27031.<\/p>\n

Towns & Villages in Cook County<\/h2>\n

Grand Marais is Cook County’s only incorporated city. Everywhere else — Grand Portage, Lutsen, Tofte, Schroeder, Hovland and a scatter of smaller Lake Superior communities — is unincorporated, either inside one of the county’s three organized townships or in unorganized territory. Several are census-designated places (CDP) with their own population counts; others are named communities too small for a separate census tally, marked Unincorp. below.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Place<\/th>\nType<\/th>\nTownship<\/th>\nPop.<\/th>\nZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Grand Marais<\/td>\nCity · seat<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n1,337<\/td>\n55604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Portage<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55605<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lutsen<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nLutsen<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55612<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tofte<\/td>\nCDP<\/td>\nTofte<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55615<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schroeder<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nSchroeder<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55613<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hovland<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55606<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chippewa City<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croftville<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maple Hill<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nTofte<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55615<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pigeon River<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55605<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Rock<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lambs MH Park<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nLutsen<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55612<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lutsen MH Park<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nLutsen<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55612<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pine Mountain Trailer Court<\/td>\nUnincorp.<\/td>\nUnorganized<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n55604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Grand Portage sits entirely within the Grand Portage Indian Reservation, home of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, and is governed separately from the rest of the county’s unorganized territory. Chippewa City, Croftville and Pine Mountain Trailer Court are all served by the Grand Marais post office rather than one of their own.<\/p>\n

Townships<\/h2>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Township<\/th>\nPop. (2020)<\/th>\nMain settlements<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Tofte<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nTofte, Maple Hill<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lutsen<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nLutsen, Lutsen MH Park, Lambs MH Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Schroeder<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nSchroeder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Roughly two-thirds of Cook County outside these three townships, including Grand Marais itself, is unorganized territory administered directly by the county board rather than a township government.<\/p>\n

ZIP Codes<\/h2>\n