Twin Lakes is a

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

in the townships of Little Elbow and Twin Lakes,

Mahnomen County Mahnomen County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 5,411. Its county seat is Mahnomen. The county is part of the White Earth Indian Reservation. It is the only county in Minnesota entire ...

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, United States. Its population was 192 as of the 2020 census, up from 149 in

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Geography

The Twin Lakes CDP is in southeastern Mahnomen County, mostly in the northwest part of Little Elbow Township but extending north into the southwest part of Twin Lakes Township. Most of South Twin Lake is within the CDP, and the northern edge of the CDP follows the south shore of North Twin Lake. The community is south of Naytahwaush, east-northeast of Waubun, and the same distance east-southeast of Mahnomen, the

county seat A county seat is an administrative center, seat of government, or capital city of a county or parish (administrative division), civil parish. The term is in use in five countries: Canada, China, Hungary, Romania, and the United States. An equiva ...

. According to the

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, the Twin Lakes CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 37.5%, are water.

Demographics

Education

The community is served by Mahnomen ISD 432.

References

Census-designated places in Mahnomen County, Minnesota Census-designated places in Minnesota {{MahnomenCountyMN-geo-stub