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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.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
20084,912-0.22%-1.66% since 2007
20074,995+1.46%-0.34% since 2006
20065,012+1.81%-0.42% since 2005
20055,033+2.23% 
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20004,923The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Caledonia   SW16 mi [25.75 km]2,8214.86% decrease
 Farmington (WI)   NE17 mi [27.36 km]2,09520.89% increase
 Hamilton (WI)   NE11 mi [17.7 km]2,3883.78% increase
 Holland (WI)   N12 mi [19.31 km]3,3339.57% increase
 Holmen (WI)   N9 mi [14.48 km]8,48736.89% increase
 Onalaska (WI)   N8 mi [12.87 km]5,4484.57% increase

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

Website for La Crescent

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either La Crescent or Houston County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.


Official Website:   www.lacrescent.govoffice.com/
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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) 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.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

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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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around La Crescent:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on La Crescent? Please visit the Map Page for La Crescent.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around La Crescent - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for La Crescent.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between La Crescent and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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