Editing Cohasset, Minnesota

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Cohasset
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    =

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|image_skyline            = A voter leaves polling place, Cohasset City Hall, Minnesota on Election Day, Nov. 5, 2024.jpg
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|image_caption            = Cohasset City Hall, Election Day 2024
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|map_caption              = Location of the city of Cohasset<br>within Itasca County, Minnesota
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<!-- Location -->
|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca]]

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<!-- 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           = 91.27
|area_land_km2            = 69.62
|area_water_km2           = 21.65
|area_total_sq_mi         = 35.24
|area_land_sq_mi          = 26.88
|area_water_sq_mi         = 8.36

<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 
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|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 2689
|population_density_km2   = 38.62
|population_density_sq_mi = 100.04

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = 
|elevation_m              = 391
|elevation_ft             = 1283
|coordinates              = {{coord|47|15|7|N|93|37|25|W|region:US-MN|display=inline}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 55721
|area_code                = [[Area code 218|218]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-12412<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0655774<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|website                  = [http://www.cohasset-mn.com/ www.cohasset-mn.com]
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'''Cohasset''' ({{IPAc-en|k|oʊ|ˈ|h|æ|s|ə|t}} {{respell|koh|HASS|ət}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |title=Minnesota Pronunciation Guide |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194213/http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> is a city in [[Itasca County, Minnesota|Itasca County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 2,689 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cohasset, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Cohasset%20city,%20Minnesota |access-date=May 31, 2024 |website=Census}}</ref>

[[U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 2]] serves as a main route in Cohasset.

==History==
A post office called Cohasset has been in operation since 1892.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Itasca | title=Itasca County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=12 July 2015}}</ref> The city was named after [[Cohasset, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n273 254]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|35.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|26.81|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|8.48|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=2012-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}</ref> It is the westernmost point of Minnesota's [[Iron Range]][https://web.archive.org/web/20110607041954/http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/iron_range/images/refmapproj_small.jpg].

Cohasset is adjacent to the city of [[Grand Rapids, Minnesota|Grand Rapids]].

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Cohasset, Minnesota, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895&ndash;present

|Jan record high F = 53
|Feb record high F = 60
|Mar record high F = 81
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 101
|Jun record high F = 98
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 99
|Oct record high F = 88
|Nov record high F = 73
|Dec record high F = 60

|Jan avg record high F = 36.3
|Feb avg record high F = 44.6
|Mar avg record high F = 58.0
|Apr avg record high F = 71.5
|May avg record high F = 83.0
|Jun avg record high F = 86.8
|Jul avg record high F = 88.1
|Aug avg record high F = 87.6
|Sep avg record high F = 82.9
|Oct avg record high F = 74.1
|Nov avg record high F = 54.1
|Dec avg record high F = 40.3
|year avg record high F = 90.2

<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =17.8
| Feb high F  =23.5
| Mar high F  =36.8
| Apr high F  =50.2
| May high F  =64.6
| Jun high F  =73.3
| Jul high F  =78.3
| Aug high F  =76.4
| Sep high F  =68.0
| Oct high F  =52.2
| Nov high F  =36.1
| Dec high F  =22.6
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =7.5
| Feb mean F  =12.1
| Mar mean F  =25.6
| Apr mean F  =39.4
| May mean F  =53.0
| Jun mean F  =62.4
| Jul mean F  =67.4
| Aug mean F  =65.6
| Sep mean F  =57.2
| Oct mean F  =42.9
| Nov mean F  =28.1
| Dec mean F  =14.0
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =-2.9
| Feb low F  =0.6
| Mar low F  =14.4
| Apr low F  =28.5
| May low F  =41.4
| Jun low F  =51.6
| Jul low F  =56.5
| Aug low F  =54.8
| Sep low F  =46.4
| Oct low F  =33.6
| Nov low F  =20.1
| Dec low F  =5.3

|Jan avg record low F = -24.9
|Feb avg record low F = -20.3
|Mar avg record low F = -9.3
|Apr avg record low F = 15.3
|May avg record low F = 27.5
|Jun avg record low F = 38.0
|Jul avg record low F = 46.5
|Aug avg record low F = 44.1
|Sep avg record low F = 32.3
|Oct avg record low F = 22.3
|Nov avg record low F = 3.7
|Dec avg record low F = -15.8
|year avg record low F = -26.6

|Jan record low F = -57
|Feb record low F = -59
|Mar record low F = -50
|Apr record low F = -17
|May record low F = 14
|Jun record low F = 20
|Jul record low F = 33
|Aug record low F = 24
|Sep record low F = 12
|Oct record low F = -1
|Nov record low F = -45
|Dec record low F = -47

<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =0.77
| Feb precipitation inch  =0.73
| Mar precipitation inch  =1.10
| Apr precipitation inch  =1.80
| May precipitation inch  =3.07
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.63
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.23
| Aug precipitation inch  =3.39
| Sep precipitation inch  =3.12
| Oct precipitation inch  =2.55
| Nov precipitation inch  =1.34
| Dec precipitation inch  =1.01

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 8.2
|Feb precipitation days = 7.0
|Mar precipitation days = 6.9
|Apr precipitation days = 8.4
|May precipitation days = 12.2
|Jun precipitation days = 13.1
|Jul precipitation days = 11.6
|Aug precipitation days = 9.9
|Sep precipitation days = 11.0
|Oct precipitation days = 10.5
|Nov precipitation days = 8.8
|Dec precipitation days = 8.3

|Jan snow inch = 9.6
|Feb snow inch = 6.6
|Mar snow inch = 5.7
|Apr snow inch = 3.7
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 1.4
|Nov snow inch = 8.4
|Dec snow inch = 8.4
|year snow inch =

|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 6.5
|Feb snow days = 5.1
|Mar snow days = 3.9
|Apr snow days = 1.5
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.8
|Nov snow days = 4.2
|Dec snow days = 7.2

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00216612&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Pokegama Dam, MN
|access-date = May 12, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=dlh
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Duluth
|access-date = May 12, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 521
|1920= 420
|1930= 299
|1940= 389
|1950= 484
|1960= 605
|1970= 536
|2000= 2481
|2010= 2698
|2020= 2689
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-11-13}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,698 people, 1,067 households, and 795 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|100.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,324 housing units at an average density of {{convert|49.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.9% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.0% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.6% of the population.

There were 1,067 households, of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 25.5% were non-families. 20.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.52 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the city was 46 years. 23.2% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.6% were from 25 to 44; 35.2% were from 45 to 64; and 16.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.3% male and 49.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 2,481 people, 960 households, and 740 families living in the city.  The population density was {{convert|93.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,191 housing units at an average density of {{convert|44.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 96.65% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.20% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.93% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.16% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.16% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.89% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.32% of the population.

There were 960 households, out of which 33.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.6% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.9% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 6.5% from 18 to 24, 24.1% from 25 to 44, 31.1% from 45 to 64, and 12.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.2 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $44,054, and the median income for a family was $48,849. Males had a median income of $48,869 versus $25,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $21,071.  About 4.9% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cohasset-mn.com/ City of Cohasset, MN – Official site]

{{Itasca County, Minnesota}}

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[[Category:Cities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Cities in Itasca County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Minnesota populated places on the Mississippi River]]