La Crescent, Minnesota

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The city of La Crescent is primarily located in Houston County. A portion of La Crescent extends into Winona County.

La Crescent is 200 feet [60.96 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: La Crescent lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

We searched for American and Canadian communities that also have the name of La Crescent, but it seems to be unique to this community.

At the time of the 2000 Census, La Crescent had a population of 4,923 people^<2> (or 24.94% of the total population of Houston County). The population of La Crescent represented 0.1% of the total of Minnesota, making it the state's 131st most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, La Crescent had a population of 4,912 people. This is a decrease of 0.22% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for La Crescent.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<3>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Caledonia	SW	16 mi [25.75 km]	2,821	4.86% decrease
	Farmington (WI)	NE	17 mi [27.36 km]	2,095	20.89% increase
	Hamilton (WI)	NE	11 mi [17.7 km]	2,388	3.78% increase
	Holland (WI)	N	12 mi [19.31 km]	3,333	9.57% increase
	Holmen (WI)	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	8,487	36.89% increase
	Onalaska (WI)	N	8 mi [12.87 km]	5,448	4.57% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for La Crescent.

Website for La Crescent

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The Commemorative Quarter for Minnesota<4>

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) La Crescent. 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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