Fergus Falls, Minnesota

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Fergus Falls is a city in and the county seat of Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,119 at the 2020 census.

Clockwise from top: Downtown Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County Courthouse, Fergus Falls City Hall, Otto the Otter in Grotto Park, Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center (former state hospital)

Fergus Falls after the 1919 tornado

Hotel Kaddatz, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, 1920

Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls

Otter Tail County, Minnesota

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Otter Tail County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 60,081. Its county seat is Fergus Falls. Otter Tail County comprises the Fergus Falls micropolitan statistical area. With 1,048 lakes in its borders, Otter Tail County has more lakes than any other county in the United States.

Otter Tail County Courthouse in Fergus Falls.

Historic marker for Tordenskjold, which was made the county seat in 1870 by the Minnesota legislature, a decision rescinded the following year.

Soils of Otter Tail County

Soils of Bluff Creek WMA area