Kittson is a county in Minnesota, United States, tucked into the northwestern corner of the state along the Red River, directly south of the Canadian province of Manitoba. It had a population of 4,207 at the 2020 census and covers 1,099 square miles (2,850 km2) of land centred near 48\u00b047\u2032N 96\u00b047\u2032W.<\/p>\n
Hallock is the county seat and its postal code is 56728. The county has nine incorporated cities, five unincorporated communities, one ghost town (Pelan), and 25 organized townships. It observes Central Time.<\/p>\n
Kittson County’s population is spread across nine small cities and a scatter of unincorporated crossroads and rail-line settlements. City is used for every incorporated municipality here (Minnesota does not distinguish “town” as a legal city class); CDP marks a place with no city government, and Unincorp. covers a hamlet or ghost-town site with neither.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hallock<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | Hallock<\/td>\n | 1,116<\/td>\n | 56728<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Karlstad<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Skane<\/td>\n | 708<\/td>\n | 56732<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lake Bronson<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Deerwood<\/td>\n | 331<\/td>\n | 56734<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Kennedy<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Norway<\/td>\n | 203<\/td>\n | 56733<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lancaster<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Percy<\/td>\n | 294<\/td>\n | 56735<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Humboldt<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | St. Vincent<\/td>\n | 50<\/td>\n | 56731<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Halma<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Spring Brook<\/td>\n | 67<\/td>\n | 56729<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Donaldson<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Deerwood<\/td>\n | 15<\/td>\n | 56720<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| St. Vincent<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | St. Vincent<\/td>\n | 66<\/td>\n | 56755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Caribou<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Cannon<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Northcote<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | South Red River<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Noyes<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | St. Vincent<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56740<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Orleans<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | South Red River<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Robbin<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Skane<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pelan<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Pelan<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Noyes, on the Canadian border at the Manitoba port of entry, has its own ZIP code (56740) despite never incorporating. Pelan is a genuine ghost town \u2014 its name survives only in the township that carries it.<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\nKittson County is organized into 25 civil townships covering nearly all of its land area outside the nine cities. The 2020 census does not break out population by township for this county, so counts are omitted rather than estimated.<\/p>\n \n |