Austin, Minnesota

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The city of Austin is located in Mower County and is the county seat.

Time Zone: Austin 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>
Hayfield	1,328	N	16 mi [25.75 km]
Carpenter (IA)	130	S	17 mi [27.36 km]
Northwood (IA)	2,017	SW	19 mi [30.58 km]
Saint Ansgar (IA)	966	S	20 mi [32.19 km]
Grand Meadow	922	E	20 mi [32.19 km]

To learn about neighboring communities, please visit the Austin Neighborhood Page.

At the time of the 2000 Census, Austin had a population of 23,314 people. This represented 0.47% of the total population of Minnesota, making it the state's 35th most populous community.

From the Census estimates^<2> for 2007, Austin had a population of 22,947 people. This is a decrease of 1.57% 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 Austin).

Austin is 1,210 feet [368.81 m] above sea level.^<3>

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

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be 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) Austin. 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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