Editing Windom, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Windom
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| nickname           = 
| motto              = <!-- Images --------------->
| image_skyline      = Downtown Windom MN.JPG
| imagesize          = 275px
| image_caption      = Shops in downtown Windom
| image_flag         = 
| image_seal         = <!-- Maps ----------------->
| image_map          = Cottonwood_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Windom_Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location of Windom<br>within Cottonwood County, 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  = [[Cottonwood County, Minnesota|Cottonwood]]
<!-- Government ----------->| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]]
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name        = Hilary Mathis
| leader_title1      = 
| leader_name1       = 
| established_title  = Platted
| established_date   = June 20, 1871
| established_title1 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date1  = April 15, 1875
<!-- Area ----------------->| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 11.03
| area_land_km2      = 10.61
| area_water_km2     = 0.42
| area_total_sq_mi   = 4.26
| area_land_sq_mi    = 4.09
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.16
<!-- Population ----------->| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 4742
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="USCensusEst2022"/>
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
| population_total   = 4798
| population_density_km2 = 452.38
| population_density_sq_mi = 1171.67
<!-- 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        = 414
| elevation_ft       = 1358
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|52|25|N|95|07|13|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP Code]]
| postal_code        = 56101
| area_code          = [[Area code 507|507]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standards|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 27-70798
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2397339<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2397339}}</ref>
| blank2_name        = [[Sales tax]]
| blank2_info        = 6.875%<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avalara.com/taxrates/en/state-rates/minnesota/cities/windom.html|title=Windom (MN) sales tax rate|access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|https://windom-mn.com/|https://windom-mn.com/}}
| footnotes          = 
}}

'''Windom''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Cottonwood County, Minnesota|Cottonwood County]], [[Minnesota]], United States.  The population was 4,798 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/Windom_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2770798 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>  It is the [[county seat]] of Cottonwood County<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|access-date=June 7, 2011|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref> and is situated in the [[Coteau des Prairies]].

Although a mostly small, rural farming community, Windom is host to several parks including a [[disc golf]] course at Mayflower Park.  The [[Des Moines River]] flows through Windom and serves as a gentle, rapid-free [[canoeing]] spot.