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Luce Line Bike-Walk Trail, Cedar Mills, MN - panoramio (4)
Minnesota›Meeker County

Cedar MillsMN

A town of 59, laid out in 1860.

Photo: bryan&darlene · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo of Cedar Mills

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Is Cedar Mills a good place to live?

Of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare, none has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Cedar Mills. Cedar Mills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

What makes Cedar Mills stand out

Where Cedar Mills beats most towns.

Small town

59 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Luce Line Bike-Walk Trail, Cedar Mills to Hutchinson, MN
Luce Line Bike-Walk Trail, Cedar Mills to Hutchinson, MN, 2010
Cedar Mills’s story

166 years in pictures

Census counts: 99 in 1950, 62 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 2 maps from 1967 on.

  • 1860Cedar Mills is laid out
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Getting set up

Moving to Cedar Mills: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedar Mills, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerMeeker Coop Light & Power Assn14.0¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet8 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Cedar Mills’ trash rules yet
SchoolsHutchinson Public School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Minnesota you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereMeeker County CourthouseMeeker County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Oct 2026
ZIP code5535055350 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Cedar Mills.

Climate

Cedar Mills has snowy winters and pleasant summers

Cedar Mills has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 5° and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.

41″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter8–25°
Spring34–54°
Summer59–80°
Fall37–57°
Oct 8
typical first frost
Apr 28
typical last frost
+1.3°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

Cedar Mills stands out in Minnesota and nationally: a larger share of its adults binge drink

24% of adults binge drink in Cedar Mills, against 18% in Minnesota’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. 32% of Cedar Mills adults sleep under 7 hours. Cedar Mills beats the Minnesota average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.

Cedar MillsMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)24%18%16%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)70%75%79%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)26%31%35%
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)8.2%10%12%
32 measures vs. Minnesota
8 better19 too close to call5 worse
What stands outCedar MillsMN
Fewer adults who have had cancer6.4%8.5%
Fewer adults who have had a stroke2.4%3.1%
More binge drinkers23.6%17.8%
Hutchinson Health
6.9 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Natural hazards

Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Cedar Mills

Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities.

44risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
44Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingTornadoesCold waves

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Cedar Mills

16pages on Cedar Mills
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Cedar Mills; the nearest are

About Cedar Mills

City in Minnesota, United States

Cedar Mills is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 62 at the 2020 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
0.3 sq mi
Elevation
1,096 ft

Questions about Cedar Mills

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Cedar Mills, MN a good place to live?

Cedar Mills has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.