Watonwan County Court Cases

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About the County: Watonwan County was formed from Brown County, and officially established in 1860. The county was named after Watonwan River, a river that flows through Minnesota.. The Watonwan County Courthouse resides in the county seat city of St. James, Minnesota. Watonwan County makes up 434.51 square miles of the state’s area. The most recent population estimate reports 11211 residents (making up an estimated 4499 households). The median household income is estimated to be $50638. The current unemployment rate for the county is reportedly 6.7%.

Recent County Case Facts

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 184 reported DWI cases brought before Watonwan County. In 2015, there were 12 cases of violent crime reported in the county; the county has a current violent-crime rate of 113 cases per 100,000 residents (ranking the county the number 9 most violent county in the state).