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Coates is a town in the U.S. state of Minnesota located west of the Upper Mississippi River on the exurban fringe in central Dakota County.

U.S. Highway 52 connects north to the city of Saint Paul, while County Road 46 draws east–west to nearby suburban cities. The population was 161 at the 2010 census. It is named for Civil War Captain Henry C. Coates who served in the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry.

Major employers are in trucking, moving and recycling services. The city is popular among people from the Twin Cities for the House of Coates, a burger restaurant opened in 1962. St. Agatha’s Catholic Church serves as city hall.

Originally a rural post office hub in the 1900s, the U.S. Postal Service now designates addresses as part of the larger nearby city of Rosemount. The city of Coates was officially incorporated in 1953 at the northwest corner of Vermillion Township.

Coates city overview:
Name:	Coates city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Dakota County
Elevation:	912 ft (278 m)
Total Area:	1.50 sq mi (3.88 km²)
Land Area:	1.50 sq mi (3.88 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	147
Population Density:	98.13/sq mi (37.89/km²)
Area code:	651
FIPS code:	2712376
GNISfeature ID:	0641366

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Coates online map. Source: Basemap layers from Google Map, Open Street Map (OSM), Arcgisonline, Wmflabs. Boundary Data from Database of Global Administrative Areas.