Editing Cerro Gordo County, Iowa (section)

==Communities==
===Cities===
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* [[Clear Lake, Iowa|Clear Lake]]
* [[Dougherty, Iowa|Dougherty]]
* [[Mason City, Iowa|Mason City]]
* [[Meservey, Iowa|Meservey]]
* [[Plymouth, Iowa|Plymouth]]
* [[Rock Falls, Iowa|Rock Falls]]
* [[Rockwell, Iowa|Rockwell]]
* [[Swaledale, Iowa|Swaledale]]
* [[Thornton, Iowa|Thornton]]
* [[Ventura, Iowa|Ventura]]
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===Townships===
Cerro Gordo County is divided into sixteen [[Township (United States)|townships]]:
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* [[Bath Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Bath]]
* [[Clear Lake Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Clear Lake]]
* [[Dougherty Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Dougherty]]
* [[Falls Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Falls]]
* [[Geneseo Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Geneseo]]
* [[Grant Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Grant]]
* [[Grimes Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Grimes]]
* [[Lake Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Lake]]
* [[Lime Creek Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Lime Creek]]
* [[Lincoln Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Lincoln]]
* [[Mason Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Mason]]
* [[Mount Vernon Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Mount Vernon]]
* [[Owen Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Owen]]
* [[Pleasant Valley Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Pleasant Valley]]
* [[Portland Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Portland]]
* [[Union Township, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa|Union]]
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===Census-designated places===
* [[Burchinal, Iowa|Burchinal]]
* [[Portland, Iowa|Portland]]

===Other unincorporated communities===
* [[Cameron, Iowa|Cameron]]
* [[Cartersville, Iowa|Cartersville]]
* [[Emery, Iowa|Emery]]
* [[Freeman, Iowa|Freeman]]
* [[Hurley, Iowa|Hurley]]

===Population ranking===
The population ranking of the following table is based on the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]] of Cerro Gordo County.<ref name=cen2020/>

'''†''' ''county seat''

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Rank
!City/Town/etc.
!Municipal type
!Population (2020 Census)

|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 1
|'''†''' '''[[Mason City, Iowa|Mason City]]'''
| City
| 27,338
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 2
|'''[[Clear Lake, Iowa|Clear Lake]]'''
| City
| 7,687
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 3
|'''[[Nora Springs, Iowa|Nora Springs]]''' (''mostly in [[Floyd County, Iowa|Floyd County]]'')
| City
| 1,369
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 4
|'''[[Rockwell, Iowa|Rockwell]]'''
| City
| 1,071
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 5
|'''[[Ventura, Iowa|Ventura]]'''
| City
| 711
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 6
|'''[[Thornton, Iowa|Thornton]]'''
| City
| 400
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 7
|'''[[Plymouth, Iowa|Plymouth]]'''
| City
| 375
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 8
|'''[[Meservey, Iowa|Meservey]]'''
| City
| 222
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 9
|'''[[Swaledale, Iowa|Swaledale]]'''
| City
| 144
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 10
|'''[[Rock Falls, Iowa|Rock Falls]]'''
| City
| 150
|- style="background-color:#FFFACD;"
| 11
|'''[[Dougherty, Iowa|Dougherty]]'''
| City
| 62
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 12
|'''[[Burchinal, Iowa|Burchinal]]'''
| CDP
| 33
|- style="background-color:#F0FFF0;"
| 13
|'''[[Portland, Iowa|Portland]]'''
| CDP
| 28
|}