Minnesota · Census place 2717630

East Gull Lake, Minnesota

East Gull Lake is a city in Cass County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,147 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 338th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,147
#338 of 357 in Minnesota
Change since 2020
+16.6%
+163 people
Land area
7.9 sq mi
+ 1.98 sq mi water
Density
146 / sq mi
State median 1,692
Orange pin: East Gull Lake. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Saint Paul.

East Gull Lake population, 2020 to 2024

East Gull Lake added 163 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +16.6%. In the latest year it moved by +32.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 978. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

East Gull Lake covers 7.88 square miles of land and 1.98 of water, for 146 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so East Gull Lake is less dense than the typical town.

What county East Gull Lake is in

All of East Gull Lake's residents live in Cass County, which had 31,442 residents in 2024. East Gull Lake holds 3.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in East Gull Lake

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps East Gull Lake by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56401. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where East Gull Lake is

The Census internal point of East Gull Lake is at 46.397000, -94.363800. Saint Paul, the capital, is 116.8 miles SSE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Baxter, MN (9,186 people), 5.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Minneapolis, MN, 112.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
46.397000, -94.363800
DMS
46°23'49.20"N 94°21'49.68"W
UTM
15N 395156.1E 5139062.1N
Geohash
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Plus code
86R79JWP+RF

Daylight in East Gull Lake

At 46.40° N, East Gull Lake gets about 15 h 49 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 35 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 13 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near East Gull Lake

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Baxter, 5.6 miles away, with 9,186 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of East Gull Lake, MN?

1,147 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 163 (16.6%) from 984 in July 2020.

What county is East Gull Lake in?

Cass County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover East Gull Lake?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56401.

How far is East Gull Lake from Saint Paul?

116.8 miles (187.9 km) in a straight line, heading SSE from East Gull Lake.

What is the nearest larger city to East Gull Lake?

Baxter, MN, with 9,186 residents, 5.6 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.