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Cannon Falls, Minnesota
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Cannon Falls is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,083 at the 2010 census. Located along U.S. Route 52, southeast of the Twin Cities, Cannon Falls is the home of Pachyderm Studio, where many famous musicians have recorded, including Nirvana, which recorded its 1993 album In Utero there.
Cannon Falls is named for the falls along the Cannon River and serves as the western trailhead for the Cannon Valley Trail.
The first settler was Edway Stoughton. A Charles Parks settled the land that is now Cannon Falls in July 1854. Cannon Falls village proper was laid out by Richard and William Freeborn and platted in 1855 by county surveyor S. A. Hart. The village was incorporated March 10, 1857. A post office was established as Cannon River Falls in 1855, and the name was shortened to Cannon Falls in 1889. Cannon Falls was reincorporated as a city in 1905.
An abundance of water power from both the Big and Little Cannon Rivers attracted manufacturers and capital investment. The first flouring mill was built by R. C. Knox & Co., in 1857. Other manufacturers, such as a wool mill, a grist mill, and a mill producing syrup from amber cane, used power generated from the Little Cannon River starting in 1861.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. U.S. Highway 52, State Highways 19 and 20, and County Road 24 are the main routes in the city.
Lake Byllesby, a reservoir of the Cannon River, lies just west of town.
As of the census of 2010, there were 4,083 people, 1,708 households, and 1,061 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 1,869 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 94.3% White, 2.4% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 1.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population.
There were 1,708 households, of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.
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