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Baudette is a city in, and the county seat of, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 966. Baudette is known as the Walleye Capital of the World.

Baudette city overview:
Name:	Baudette city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Lake of the Woods County
Incorporated:	1907
Elevation:	1,089 ft (332 m)
Total Area:	4.71 sq mi (12.21 km²)
Land Area:	4.23 sq mi (10.97 km²)
Water Area:	0.48 sq mi (1.24 km²)
Total Population:	966
Population Density:	228.15/sq mi (88.09/km²)
ZIP code:	56623
Area code:	218
FIPS code:	2704024
GNISfeature ID:	0639732
Website:	ci.baudette.mn.us

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History

Baudette was incorporated in 1907. It was started by European Americans as a steamboat landing and lumber town with a sawmill, after the railroad was constructed through this area in 1901. It was named for Joseph Beaudette, a trapper of French-Canadian descent who had been in the area since the early 1880s. The post office at Baudette began in 1900, first called “Port Hyland”, after postmaster Daniel Hyland. The name was changed to “Baudette” in 1901. Baudette had a station of the Minnesota and Manitoba Railroad, now absorbed by the Canadian National Railway.

Baudette was largely destroyed in the Baudette Fire of 1910, but was quickly rebuilt. Many of its people were saved by a train with boxcars sent across the river from Rainy River, Ontario, which pulled survivors to safety on the other side.

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Geography

The city is along the Rainy River at its confluence with the Baudette River. It lies across the river from Rainy River, Ontario, and southeast of Lake of the Woods.

Baudette and Rainy River are connected by the Baudette–Rainy River International Bridge.

Minnesota Highway 11, Minnesota Highway 72, and Minnesota Highway 172 are three of the community’s main routes. Highway 11 leads northwest 36 miles (58 km) to Warroad at the southwest end of Lake of the Woods and east 68 miles (109 km) to International Falls, while Highway 72 leads south 76 miles (122 km) to Blackduck and Highway 172 leads north 12 miles (19 km) to Wheelers Point at the mouth of the Rainy River into Lake of the Woods.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 4.66 square miles (12.07 km), of which 4.25 square miles (11.01 km) are land and 0.41 square miles (1.06 km) are water.