Editing Cokato, Minnesota

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{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
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|motto                    = "In the midst of opportunity"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cokato.mn.us/|title=City of Cokato Minnesota|publisher=City of Cokato Minnesota |accessdate=October 4, 2012}}</ref>
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'''Cokato''' ({{IPAc-en|k|oʊ|ˈ|k|eI|t|oʊ}} {{respell|koh|KAY|toh}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |title=Minnesota Pronunciation Guide |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194213/http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> is a city in [[Wright County, Minnesota|Wright County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The population was 2,799 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2712430 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=August 8, 2022}}</ref>

==History==
Cokato was founded in 1869 when the First Division of the [[St. Paul & Pacific Railroad]] was extended to that point.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n604 587]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Museum |first=Cokato |date=3 November 2022 |title=Railroad History |url=https://www.cokatomuseum.org/railroad-history.html |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=Railroad History}}</ref> The city was named after a [[Siouan languages|Siouan]] word meaning 'amid'.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Carlton |title=Cokato's First Century, 1978-1978 |publisher=Cokato Historical Society |year=1978 |edition=1st |location=Cokato, Minnesota}}</ref> Cokato was incorporated as a [[village]] in 1878.<ref>[http://www.cokato.mn.us/?page_id=124 City of Cokato. "History". Retrieved November 2, 2010]</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|1.56|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |accessdate=November 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=July 2, 2012}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 274
|1890= 363
|1900= 684
|1910= 718
|1920= 1014
|1930= 1125
|1940= 1175
|1950= 1403
|1960= 1356
|1970= 1735
|1980= 2056
|1990= 2180
|2000= 2727
|2010= 2694
|2020= 2799
|estyear=2021
|estimate=2775
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=August 8, 2022|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 2,694 people in 1,000 households, including 652 families, in the city. The population density was {{convert|1726.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,103 housing units at an average density of {{convert|707.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2010 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 95.0% White, 0.3% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 2.3% from other races, and 1.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.3%.

Of the 1,000 households 36.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.4% were married couples living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 34.8% were non-families. 30.1% of households were one person and 15.5% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 3.29.

The median age was 32.5 years. 31.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.6% were from 25 to 44; 20.6% were from 45 to 64; and 15.2% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 2,727 people in 990 households, including 663 families, in the city.  The population density was {{convert|2,125.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,035 housing units at an average density of {{convert|806.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census#2000 census|racial makeup]] of the city was 96.81% White, 0.15% African American, 0.26% Native American, 0.44% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.25% from other races, and 1.06% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.68%.<ref name="GR2" /> 29.5% were of [[Germans|German]], 24.2% [[Finnish people|Finnish]], 15.3% [[Swedish people|Swedish]] and 9.8% [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] ancestry.

Of the 990 households 36.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.1% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.0% were non-families. 29.7% of households were one person and 17.0% were one person aged 65 or older.  The average household size was 2.66 and the average family size was 3.33.

The age distribution was 31.8% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 16.9% from 45 to 64, and 17.5% 65 or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.3 males.

The median household income was $39,613 and the median family income was $51,645. Males had a median income of $35,362 versus $21,484 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,149. About 7.1% of families and 7.7% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.5% of those under age 18 and 14.9% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==
Cokato is home to the [[Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio]]. The museum is a local history museum chronicling the story of the people of Cokato and the surrounding townships in southwest [[Wright County, Minnesota|Wright County]]. The Akerlund Studio is a restored photography studio, and home of Gust Akerlund, who operated it during the early 20th century.<ref>City of Cokato. "Cokato Museum & Akerlund Studio". Retrieved 2010-11-02. [http://www.cokato.mn.us/?page_id=120]</ref>

Since 1950, Cokato has hosted the Cokato Corn Carnival annually during the second week of August in Peterson Park, near Cokato Elementary School. The festival's highlight is the serving of free corn-on-the-cob, along with a parade, midway and carnival rides, musical entertainment, the Miss Cokato coronation, and other events.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cokatocorncarnival.com/|title=Cokato Corn Carnival|access-date=2023-08-04}}</ref>

The Aho family of Cokato was featured by journalist [[Steve Hartman]] on [[CBS News Sunday Morning]] on December 9, 2012, for having 12 sons who all played football at the local high school over more than two decades.

The Miss Cokato Royalty program is a scholarship program offered to girls ages 16-18. This program encourages leadership, volunteerism, and a overall pride in one's community. The royalty program is a part of the larger umbrella of the Minneapolis Aquatennial Organization, another scholarship program for young women of Minnesota. Each year we send the current Miss Cokato to compete for the aforementioned Aquatennial program. Cokato has been honored to have a number of women represent us and take home a title from the "Best Days of Summer". (A slogan of the Minneapolis Aquatennial program). 1967 Queen of the Lakes Karen Erlandson Clarke, 1995 Queen of the Lakes Sara Borg (Holje) , 1997 Aquatennial Princess Shawna Bodenhamer (Pokornowski), 2001 Aquatennial Princess Juliane Borg (Anderson), 2009 Aquatennial Princess Emily McConkey, 2023 Aquatennial Princess Kezia Lee (Blake). [https://www.aquatennialambassadors.com/alumni-record-1]

==Government==
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|+ '''2020 Precinct Results Spreadsheet'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2020/2020-general-election-results/2020-precinct-results-spreadsheet/|title=Minnesota Secretary of State - 2020 Precinct Results Spreadsheet}}</ref>
|+ '''2016 Precinct Results Spreadsheet'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2016/2016-general-election-results/2016-precinct-results-spreadsheet/|title=Minnesota Secretary of State - 2016 Precinct Results Spreadsheet}}</ref>
|+ '''2012 Precinct Results Spreadsheet'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2012/2012-general-election-results/2012-precinct-results-spreadsheet/|title=Minnesota Secretary of State - 2012 Precinct Results Spreadsheet}}</ref>
|+ '''2008 Precinct Results Spreadsheet'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2008/2008-general-election-results/2008-precinct-results-spreadsheet/|title=Minnesota Secretary of State - 2008 Precinct Results Spreadsheet}}</ref>
|+ '''2004 Precinct Results Spreadsheet'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2004/2004-general-election-results/2004-precinct-results-spreadsheet/|title=Minnesota Secretary of State - 2004 Precinct Results Spreadsheet}}</ref>
|+ '''2000 Precinct Results Spreadsheet'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sos.state.mn.us/elections-voting/election-results/2000/2000-general-election-results/2000-precinct-results-spreadsheet/|title=Minnesota Secretary of State - 2000 Precinct Results Spreadsheet}}</ref>
|+ '''1996 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1996-11-05-g-sec.pdf |title=1996 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024257/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1996-11-05-g-sec.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1992 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1992-11-03-g-sec.pdf |title=1992 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024257/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1992-11-03-g-sec.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1988 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1988-11-08-g-sec.pdf |title=1988 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024254/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1988-11-08-g-sec.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1984 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1984-11-06-g-sec.pdf |title=1984 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024254/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1984-11-06-g-sec.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1980 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1980-11-04-g-sec.pdf |title=1980 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024250/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1980-11-04-g-sec.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1976 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-11-02-g-sec.pdf |title=1976 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024300/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1976-11-02-g-sec.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1968 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1968-11-05-g-man.pdf |title=1968 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024250/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1968-11-05-g-man.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1964 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1964-11-03-g-man.pdf |title=1964 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024420/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1964-11-03-g-man.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
|+ '''1960 Precinct Results'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1960-11-08-g-man.pdf |title=1960 Election results|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410024250/https://www.lrl.mn.gov/archive/sessions/electionresults/1960-11-08-g-man.pdf |archive-date=2021-04-10 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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! Year
! [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
! [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
! [[Third Party (United States)|Third parties]]
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|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2020 United States presidential election|2020]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''68.7%''' ''1,002''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|28.9% ''421''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% ''36''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2016 United States presidential election|2016]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''63.4%''' ''857''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.2% ''354''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|10.4% ''140''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2012 United States presidential election|2012]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.2%''' ''784''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|38.3% ''516''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.5% ''48''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2008 United States presidential election|2008]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''60.1%''' ''827''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|36.4% ''501''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|3.5% ''49''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2004 United States presidential election|2004]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''62.2%''' ''863''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.1% ''487''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.7% ''37''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[2000 United States presidential election|2000]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.6%''' ''776''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.3% ''467''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|6.1% ''81''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1996 United States presidential election|1996]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''44.2%''' ''527''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.5% ''518''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|12.3% ''146''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1992 United States presidential election|1992]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''39.2%''' ''479''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|35.9% ''438''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|24.9% ''304''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1988 United States presidential election|1988]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''55.1%''' ''593''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|44.9% ''484''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''58.4%''' ''635''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.6% ''452''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1980 United States presidential election|1980]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''51.4%''' ''563''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|41.6% ''455'
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|7.0% ''77''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.5%''' ''568''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.1% ''449''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|2.4% ''25''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1968 United States presidential election|1968]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''54.5%''' ''472''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|43.8% ''379''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|1.7% ''15''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1964 United States presidential election|1964]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''52.2%''' ''405''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|47.8% ''371''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.0% ''0''
|-
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''[[1960 United States presidential election|1960]]'''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Republican}}|'''73.2%''' ''569''
|  style="text-align:center;" {{Party shading/Democratic}}|26.5% ''206''
|  style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|0.3% ''2''
|}
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== Education ==
Cokato is part of the Dassel-Cokato School District, ISD #466.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dassel-Cokato Public Schools |url=https://www.isd466.org/ |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=Dassel-Cokato Schools: Home of the Chargers}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==
[[U.S. Route 12 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 12]] serves as a main route in the city. The [[BNSF Railway]] serves the community as a part of the [[Wayzata Subdivision]].

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->
[[File:AkerlundPhotographyStudioCokatoMN.jpg|thumb|right|The historic studio of noted Cokato photographer Gust Akerlund]]
* [[Sydney Eckman Ahlstrom]] – university professor and historian of American religion. Graduate of [[Gustavus Adolphus College]] (B.A., 1941), the [[University of Minnesota]] (M.A., 1946), and [[Harvard University]] (Ph.D., 1952). Joined the history faculty of [[Yale University]] in 1954, where he taught until his retirement in 1984. In 1972 he published ''[[A Religious History of the American People]]''; this landmark study won the [[National Book Award]] for Philosophy and Religion in 1973. Made a fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1978. Born in Cokato 1919; Cokato High School class of 1937.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/07/04/obituaries/sydney-eckman-ahlstrom-scholar-of-religious-history.html/|title= Sydney Ahlstrom|newspaper= New York Times |date=July 4, 1984|accessdate= June 12, 2017 }}</ref>
* [[David Bromstad]] – interior designer and television personality. In 2006 he won the first season of ''[[HGTV Design Star]]''. He is the host of ''[[Color Splash]] with David Bromstad'', which debuted in 2007 on [[HGTV]]. He has also hosted HGTV's ''Color Splash Miami'' and ''My Lottery Dream Home''. Born in Cokato 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2303410/|title= David Bromstad|website= IMDb |accessdate= October 14, 2012}}</ref>
* [[George August Borg]] - businessman and Minnesota state legislator<ref>[https://www.lrl.mn.gov/legdb/fulldetail?ID=13317 Minnesota Legislators: Past & Present-George August Borg]</ref>
* [[Steve Knapp]] – driver on the [[U.S. F2000 National Championship|USF2000]] and IndyCar circuits.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.driverdb.com/drivers/steve-knapp//|title= Steve Knapp|publisher= Driver Database |accessdate= June 15, 2017 }}</ref> USF2000 season champion in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.usf2000.com/about/the-series/|title= USF2000 |accessdate= June 15, 2017 }}</ref> Competed in the [[Indianapolis 500]] from 1998 to 2000. As one of only three drivers to complete all 200 laps of the [[1998 Indianapolis 500]], Knapp finished behind only [[Eddie Cheever]] and [[Buddy Lazier]] and won [[Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year|rookie of the year]]. Owns and operates Elite Engines, designer and manufacturer of customized racing power plants, in [[West Bend, WI]]. Dassel-Cokato High School class of 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.eliteengines.com/steve-knapp.html/|title= Steve Knapp|publisher= Elite Engines|accessdate= June 12, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171012051353/http://eliteengines.com/steve-knapp.html|archive-date= October 12, 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>

==References==
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* [http://www.cokato.mn.us/ City of Cokato Minnesota]

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