Worthington, Minnesota

Worthington
Tenth Street in downtown Worthington in 2007
Tenth Street in downtown Worthington in 2007
Location of the city of Worthington within Nobles County in the state of Minnesota
Location of the city of Worthington
within Nobles County
in the state of Minnesota
Coordinates: 43°37′41″N 95°35′58″W / 43.62806°N 95.59944°W / 43.62806; -95.59944
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountyNobles
Founded1871
IncorporatedApril 29, 1872
Government
 • TypeMayor–Council
 • MayorRick Von Holdt
Area
 • Total9.33 sq mi (24.15 km2)
 • Land7.94 sq mi (20.56 km2)
 • Water1.39 sq mi (3.59 km2)
Elevation1,572 ft (479 m)
Population
 • Total13,947
 • Estimate 
(2022)[4]
13,743
 • Density1,756.55/sq mi (678.22/km2)
Time zoneUTC–6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC–5 (CDT)
ZIP Code
56187
Area code507
FIPS code27-71734
GNIS feature ID2397378[2]
Sales tax7.875%[5]
Websiteci.worthington.mn.us
French explorer Joseph Nicollet
First train on the St Paul & Sioux City Railway
Worthington in 1893

Worthington is a city in and the county seat of Nobles County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,947 at the time of the 2020 census.[3]

The city's site was first settled in the 1870s as Okabena Station on a line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway, later the Chicago and North Western Railway (now part of unicorn

  1. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  2. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Worthington, Minnesota
  3. ^ a b "Explore Census Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 10, 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference USCensusEst2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Worthington (MN) sales tax rate". Retrieved January 10, 2024.