Minnesota · Census place 2748706
Ortonville, Minnesota
Ortonville is a city in Big Stone County, Minnesota with an estimated 1,970 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 269th largest of 357 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,970
- #269 of 357 in Minnesota
- Change since 2020
- -2.5%
- -50 people
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- + 0.70 sq mi water
- Density
- 470 / sq mi
- State median 1,692
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Ortonville population, 2020 to 2024
Ortonville lost 50 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.5%. In the latest year it moved by -16.
Ortonville covers 4.19 square miles of land and 0.70 of water, for 470 people per square mile of land. The median Minnesota place of 5,000+ has 1,692, so Ortonville is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ortonville is in
All of Ortonville's residents live in Big Stone County, which had 5,067 residents in 2024. Ortonville holds 38.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ortonville
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Ortonville by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 56278. 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 Ortonville is
The Census internal point of Ortonville is at 45.302400, -96.442200. Saint Paul, the capital, is 164.6 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Milbank, SD (3,545 people), 10.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 109.5 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 45.302400, -96.442200
- DMS
- 45°18'8.64"N 96°26'31.92"W
- UTM
- 14N 700529.9E 5019726.9N
- Geohash
- cb53trhct
- Plus code
- 86Q58H25+X4
Daylight in Ortonville
At 45.30° N, Ortonville gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 44 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ortonville
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Minnesota, measured between internal points. The closest is Appleton, 21.6 miles away, with 1,352 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ortonville, MN?
1,970 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 50 (2.5%) from 2,020 in July 2020.
What county is Ortonville in?
Big Stone County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ortonville?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 56278.
How far is Ortonville from Saint Paul?
164.6 miles (264.9 km) in a straight line, heading E from Ortonville.
What is the nearest larger city to Ortonville?
Milbank, SD, with 3,545 residents, 10.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.