Map of Courtland city, Minnesota

Courtland is a city in Nicollet County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 734 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Mankato–North Mankato Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Courtland city overview:
Name:	Courtland city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Nicollet County
Elevation:	935 ft (285 m)
Total Area:	2.62 sq mi (6.78 km²)
Land Area:	2.61 sq mi (6.76 km²)
Water Area:	0.01 sq mi (0.02 km²)
Total Population:	734
Population Density:	281.01/sq mi (108.52/km²)
ZIP code:	56021
Area code:	507
FIPS code:	2713582
GNISfeature ID:	0642396
Website:	CourtlandMN.com/

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History

The place occupied by the current town was named Courtland in 1865, but was previously named Hilo. Courtland was platted in 1882. There are conflicting records for the origin of the name. According to Bryant (1882) the city was named for Cortland County, New York and not spelled the same; however, Stennett (1908) suggests it is named after Courland, a once-Germanized region of present-day Latvia by an emigrant, J.H. Stewart, and was accidentally misspelled on the official record.