Pope County is a county in Minnesota, United States, in the west-central part of the state, home to Glacial Lakes State Park and the headwaters of the Chippewa River. It had a population of 11,308 at the 2020 census and covers 717 square miles (1,860 km2), centred near 45°35′N 95°27′W.<\/p>\n
Glenwood is the county seat, and its postal code is 56334. Pope County has ten incorporated cities (one, Brooten, shared with neighboring Stearns County), two unincorporated communities, and 20 civil townships. The county sits in the Central time zone.<\/p>\n
Nine cities lie wholly within Pope County and a tenth, Brooten, straddles the Stearns County line. Two unincorporated communities and several rural place names round out the settlement roster. “CDP” marks a Census-designated place with no city government; “Unincorp.” marks a place with no municipal boundary at all.<\/p>\n
| Place<\/th>\n | Type<\/th>\n | Township<\/th>\n | Pop.<\/th>\n | ZIP<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenwood<\/td>\n | City · seat<\/td>\n | Glenwood<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56334<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Starbuck<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56381<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Villard<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56385<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cyrus<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lowry<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | 56349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Farwell<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sedan<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Leven<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Westport<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | Westport<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Long Beach<\/td>\n | City<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Brooten<\/td>\n | City (partly Stearns Co.)<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grove Lake<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | Grove Lake<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Terrace<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pine Hill Park<\/td>\n | Unincorp.<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n | —<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n Brooten’s downtown and most of its housing sit across the line in Stearns County; only its eastern edge reaches into Pope County, so the city is counted primarily under Stearns for population purposes. Population figures for individual cities and townships were not available from a verified 2020-census source at the time of writing and are omitted rather than estimated.<\/p>\n Townships<\/h2>\nTwenty civil townships cover the rural land outside the incorporated cities. 2020 township-level population figures were not available from a verified source and are omitted below; each entry lists the settlement, if any, associated with the township name.<\/p>\n \n |