Editing Austin, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Austin, Minnesota
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = SPAM Town USA
|motto                    = 
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|image_skyline            = Austin_MN_collage.png
|imagesize                = 300px
|image_caption            = Clockwise from top: day city,ca St. Augustine's Church, Paramount Theater, Spam Museum, Hormel Historic Home
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               = File:Austin_Minnesota_city_logo.jpg
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|image_map                = Mower_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Austin_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of the city of Austin<br />within [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower County]]<br />in the state of [[Minnesota]]
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             = 
<!-- Location ------------->
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Mower County, Minnesota|Mower]]
<!-- Government ----------->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Stephen M. King
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = Platted
|established_date         = Spring of 1856
|established_title1       = Incorporated as a village
|established_date1        = March 6, 1868
|established_title2       = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]] as a city
|established_date2        = February 28, 1871
<!-- Area ----------------->
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023">{{cite web |title=2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Minnesota |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_27.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=February 7, 2024}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 
|area_land_km2            = 
|area_water_km2           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 13.39
|area_land_sq_mi          = 13.29
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.11
<!-- Population ----------->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
|population_total         = 26174
|pop_est_as_of            = 2022
|pop_est_footnotes        = <ref name="USCensusEst2022"/>
|population_est           = 26208
|population_urban         = 25479
|population_metro         = 40140 (US: [[Micropolitan statistical area|315th]])
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 1972.45 <!-- 2022 est. -->
<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_m              = 369
|elevation_ft             = 1211
|coordinates              = {{coord|43|40|12|N|92|58|50|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 55912
|area_code                = [[Area code 507|507]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-02908<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]]
|blank1_info              = 2394037<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2394037}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|ci.austin.mn.us}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Austin''' is a city in and the county seat of [[Mower County, Minnesota]], United States. The population was 26,174 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/Austin_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2702908 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=November 20, 2023}}</ref> The town was originally settled along the [[Cedar River (Iowa River)|Cedar River]] and has two artificial lakes, [[East Side Lake]] and Mill Pond. It was named for Austin R. Nichols, the area's first European settler. It is part of the [[Rochester metropolitan area, Minnesota|Rochester, Minnesota metropolitan area]].<ref name="austincity"/>

[[Hormel Foods]] Corporation is Austin's largest employer, and the city is sometimes called "SPAM Town USA".<ref>{{cite news |last=Weber |title=Adkins headlines at Spam Town USA |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/adkins-headlines-at-spam-town-usa |newspaper=Rochester Post-Bulletin |location=Rochester, MN |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref> Austin is home to Hormel's corporate headquarters, a factory that makes most of North America's [[SPAM (food)|SPAM]] tinned meat, and the [[Spam Museum]]. Austin is also home to the [[Hormel Institute]], a leading cancer research institution operated by the [[University of Minnesota]] with significant support from the [[Mayo Clinic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hi.umn.edu/about-us |title=About Us |author=<!--not stated--> |website=The Hormel Institute |access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>