Alexandria, Minnesota

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The city of Alexandria is located in Douglas County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Alexandria lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight savings time.

To help familiarize you with some neighboring communities:

Community	Population	Direction	Distance<1>
Nelson	165	E	5 mi [8.05 km]
Forada	193	S	6 mi [9.66 km]
Garfield	243	NW	6 mi [9.66 km]
Carlos	424	NE	7 mi [11.27 km]
Osakis	1,574	E	10 mi [16.09 km]

To learn about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Alexandria Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Alexandria had a population of 8,820 people. This represented 0.18% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 91st most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Alexandria had a population of 11,187 people. This is an increase of 26.84% since the 2000 Census.

The following table contains the population changes since the last Census (the next Census will be in 2010). The population counts for the years after 2000 are estimates (we have more details on the Census Page for Alexandria).

Alexandria is 1,400 feet [426.72 m] above sea level.^<3>

Official Website:   www.ci.alexandria.mn.us/

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Search for Local Businesses

People have found Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Alexandria. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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