Nett Lake is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
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 ...
(CDP) in
Nett Lake Territory,
Saint Louis County,
Minnesota
Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
, United States; located on the shore of Nett Lake. As of the
2020 census, its population was 230.
The community of Nett Lake is located 18 miles west of
Orr, and 31 miles northwest of
Cook
Cook or The Cook may refer to:
Food preparation
* Cooking, the preparation of food
* Cook (domestic worker), a household staff member who prepares food
* Cook (profession), an individual who prepares food for consumption in the food industry
* C ...
.
Saint Louis County Road 23 (CR 23) (Nett Lake Road) serves as a main route in the community.
The unincorporated community of Nett Lake is located within the
Nett Lake Indian Reservation (Bois Forte Indian Reservation).
Between 1907 and 1931, the Nett Lake Boarding and Day School, a
Native American residential school, operated in Nett Lake.
Demographics
References
* Rand McNally Road Atlas – 2007 edition – Minnesota entry
* Official State of Minnesota Highway Map – 2011/2012 edition
Unincorporated communities in Minnesota
Census-designated places in Minnesota
Census-designated places in St. Louis County, Minnesota
Unincorporated communities in St. Louis County, Minnesota
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