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Montrose, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Montrose City. It lies in ZIP code area 55363. The Survey maps it on the Waverly quadrangle. 3,775 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 994 feet above sea level.

Montrose within Wright County

On record in Montrose

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Montrose grew from 2,847 to 3,775 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20102,847
20203,775+928 (+33%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

In the county-history sources

1,126 words on this township

History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915 names this settlement in its chapter on Montrose City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

Montrose was surveyed and platted in 1878 by J. F. Miller, T. S. Gunn and J, N, Haven, The plat included the southwest quarter of section 35 and the southwest quarter of section 36, The proprietors opened a grain house and a general store and did a big business in grain, lumber and ties.

Passage source: History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915.

Edward P. Hawkins, M. D., physician and surgeon of Montrosé, is one of the most useful citizens in Wright county, and his general practice, his hospital and his training school, have done much to alleviate suffering, lengthen life, and promote sanitation. He was born in Carthage, Ill, August 9, 1863, son of William R. and Julia (Wright) Hawkins. He received his preparatory education in the schools of his native town. In 1887 he graduated from the Adventist College, at Battle Creek, Mich. With the class of 1897 he completed his course in the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. In the interim he had taught school for several years. In October, 1897, he located at Montrose, and opened an office. His suecess was assured from the start. His skill, his sympathy, his knowledge won him friends from many miles around, and his practice soon grew to large proportions. People from the country pleaded to be taken into his home for operations, and finally he established a hospital. As a natural outcome of this came the Incorporated Training School for Nurses, in which are six young ladies in training. Dr. Hawkins has a sightly residence, and a roomy hospital building, He is a skilled surgeon and is assisted in his operations by Dr. E. A. Warner, of Waverly. His head nurse is Christine Olson. Dr. Hawkins has traveled extensively, and has made wide research and deep studies. He has done good service as school officer and health office of Montrose, and has also served the village in other capacities. Dr. Hawkins was married January 15, 1889, to Vesta Miller, of Battle Creek, Mich., a classmate of his school days. They have an adopted daughter, Fern Leona.

Passage source: History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915.

The Montrose Hospital, with Dr. E. P. Hawkins as chief surgeon, is beautifully located in the pretty village of Montrose, in the center of a rural community noted for its healthful climate. Velvety lawns surround the Hawkins buildings, and sightly trees give shade and comfort. The hospital itself is equipped with the most modern methods of heating, lighting, ventilation and sanitation, and fitted with the most recent of scientific appliances, The institution was opened in March, 1903, in response to an immediate need for a place in the community where surgical cases could be treated amid the best surroundings. There are now twelve beds and six nurses. Only prospective surgical eases are admitted. Although a private hospital it is open for use by other physicians. In connection with the Montrose Hospital, the Montrose Training School for Nurses is maintained. It was incor. porated in 1914 with Dr. E. P. Hawkins as president; Dr. EB. A. Warner as vice president, and Mrs. E. P. Hawkins as secretary. Christine Olson is the head nurse. A full, three-year course of training is given,

Passage source: History of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Montrose City - it names this place 2 more 2 times.

Fires near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 2001 and 2012, burning about 81 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
4 November 2001Debris and open burning64 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Montrose: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Carlson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

29 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montrose in 29 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 15 hail, 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMontrose$5,000Numerous trees were snapped off from about half way up. One tree landed on a trained spotter's house.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Several trees were downed.
June 2024Heavy RainMontrose-The storm total was 1.6 inches of rainfall.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts brought down trees in part of Marysville Township, one mile northeast of Montrose.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Numerous trees were blown down northeast of Montrose.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A large tree was blown down across Highway 25, between Montrose and Watertown.
June 2016HailMontrose-There was a photo of 2 inch diameter hail near Montrose.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Numerous two foot diameter trees were blown down north of Montrose.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A large tree was blown over in Montrose.
May 2012Heavy RainMontrose-A local observer measured 3.83 inches in the last 24 hours.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A large tree brew down and blocked a road in Montrose.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A commerical greenhouse toppled over near County Road 12 and Highway 12.
June 2007HailMontrose-Hail occurred at the intersection of Highways 25 and 112.
September 2005Thunderstorm WindMontrose-A shed was blown down. Wind blown debris tore a gas meter off a house.
June 2004HailMontrose-The nickel sized hail stripped leaves and small branches from trees.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMontrose-Trees toppled. Winds estimated.
September 2023HailMontrose-no account filed
April 2012HailMontrose-no account filed
May 2011HailMontrose-no account filed
June 2010HailMontrose-no account filed
August 2010Funnel CloudMontrose-no account filed
September 2007HailMontrose-no account filed
September 2007HailMontrose-no account filed
June 2007HailMontrose-no account filed
July 2006HailMontrose-no account filed
September 2005HailMontrose-no account filed
May 2002HailMontrose-no account filed
June 2002HailMontrose-no account filed
July 2000HailMontrose-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Waverly2.9 miles12
Delano6.7 miles12
Oster7.0 miles11
Rassat7.4 miles12
Highland7.6 miles10
Buffalo7.6 miles12
Bufflao Manor8.1 miles12
Buffalo Manor East8.1 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on MontroseAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2192163The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 648049. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.