Cottonwood County Court Cases

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About the County: Cottonwood County was formed from Brown County, and officially established in 1857. The county was named after the Cottonwood River. The Cottonwood County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of Windom, Minnesota. Cottonwood County makes up 639.99 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 11687 residents (making up an estimated 4855 households). The median household income is estimated to be $47350. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 7.3%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 289 reported DWI cases brought before Cottonwood County. In 2015, there were 16 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 141 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 23 most violent county in the state).