Coates

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Coates

Total population

131

Median home value

$240,000

19.8%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$82,250

Coates$82k

National$74k

Elevation278 m

Land area3.57 km²

Weather58°F · Patchy Fog

Coordinates44.72°, -93.03°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Coates is a town in the U.S. state of Minnesota located west of the Upper Mississippi River on the exurban fringe in central Dakota County.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Coates, MN from NOAA NWS API.

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Notable people from here

Elmer Ryan

American politician (1907-1958)

Pierce Butler

Supreme Court associate justice (1866–1939)

Lona Williams

Television producer, writer and actress

Tom Compton

College football player

John A. Ryan

American priest

W

Warren Miller

American ice hockey player

Mike Richman

Mixed Martial Artist

N

Nellie Stone Johnson

American civil rights and labor activist (1905-2002)

Tom Leadon

American musician (1952–2023)

Ryan Walters

American ice hockey player

Matt Little

American politician

Shade Pratt

American soccer player

Payton Otterdahl

American shot putter

W

Walter K. Klaus

American politician (1912-2012)

G

Grace Alice Day

professor of education

M

Maurice Gerard Kleve, Jr.

American biologist (1945–2017)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Coates

Tobacco-Growing in Minnesota

Coates Preston Bull · 2023

Corn Breeding in Minnesota

Coates Preston Bull · 2023

Effects of seed coating on forage legume establishment in Minnesota

1988

A 75 year history of the first Mexican Catholic Church in Minnesota

Dionisa Cardenas Coates · 2009

1993 Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium

Advanced Coating Fundamentals Symposium (1993 Minneapolis, Minn.) · 1993

Rural school agriculture

Coates P. Bull · 1907

Chocolate Cream Pie Murder

Joanne Fluke · 2019

Surface encounters

Ron Broglio · 2011

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Seen 2026-09-25

Bull Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Seen 2026-09-25

anise hyssop

Agastache foeniculum

Seen 2026-09-25

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Seen 2026-09-25

Narrow-headed Marsh Fly

Helophilus fasciatus

Seen 2026-09-25

sand cherry

Prunus pumila

Seen 2026-09-25

field goldenrod

Solidago nemoralis

Seen 2026-09-25

yellow sundrops

Oenothera serrulata

Seen 2026-09-25

hoary vervain

Verbena stricta

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).