# Cohasset, Minnesota *City in Itasca County, Minnesota, and the westernmost point of the Iron Range.* Cohasset is a city in Itasca County, [[Minnesota]]. The 2020 census counted 2,689 residents.[^1] U.S. Highway 2 is the city's principal route, and Cohasset borders the city of Grand Rapids.[^1][^2] In the project's at-issue record, an energy brief lists Cohasset as one of seven power-plant cities in the [[Coalition of Utility Cities]]. The brief says Cohasset "fell from 69% to 55% of its city tax base" when two units closed in 2019. That figure rests on a single source that is not reproduced in the pack, so it is reported here as the brief's statement.[^3] ## Where The [[United States Census Bureau]] gives the city a total area of 35.29 square miles. Of that, 26.81 square miles are land and 8.48 square miles are water.[^2] Cohasset marks the western end of Minnesota's Iron Range and sits next to Grand Rapids.[^2] U.S. Highway 2 runs through the city.[^1] ## When A post office under the Cohasset name has operated since 1892. The city takes its name from Cohasset, Massachusetts.[^4] The energy brief cited in the at-issue record dates the closure of two power-plant units in Cohasset to 2019.[^3] ## How many The 2020 census recorded 2,689 residents, with a median age of 47.4 years. Of these residents, 22.6% were under 18 and 25.1% were 65 or older. The census classed 83.9% of residents as rural and 16.1% as urban.[^5] It counted 1,090 households. Of these, 27.9% had children under 18 and 62.8% were married-couple households. There were 1,264 housing units, and 13.8% of them were vacant.[^5] The 2010 census counted 2,698 residents, 1,067 households and 795 families. It recorded 1,324 housing units and a population density of 100.6 inhabitants per square mile.[^5] ## In the at-issue record Row AI-Sherburne-084 of the project's Sherburne package draws on a Sherburne energy brief whose listed source is a record on the lrl.mn.gov domain. The brief states that the Coalition of Utility Cities is made up of seven Minnesota towns built around power plants: [[Becker]], Cohasset, Granite Falls, Hoyt Lakes, [[Monticello]], Oak Park Heights and Red Wing.[^3] It also states that "Becker's dependence is the highest of the seven." It says Cohasset "fell from 69% to 55% of its city tax base when two units closed in 2019," and it presents Cohasset's case as the precedent for Becker.[^3] The row has one source. The underlying lrl.mn.gov document is not in the pack, and the figures have not been matched to a primary filing. The record assembled here therefore does not independently establish the 69% and 55% figures or the 2019 unit closures.[^3] ## Notes [^1]: Wikipedia contributors, *Cohasset, Minnesota* (rev. 1374272530, retrieved 2026-10-27), lead section — establishes Itasca County location, 2020 population of 2,689, and U.S. Highway 2 as a main route. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohasset,_Minnesota [^2]: Wikipedia contributors, *Cohasset, Minnesota* (rev. 1374272530, retrieved 2026-10-27), Geography section — establishes the Census Bureau area figures, position as westernmost point of the Iron Range, and adjacency to Grand Rapids. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohasset,_Minnesota [^3]: Project at-issue record, row AI-Sherburne-084, *Sherburne Energy Brief* (2019 item) — states the coalition's membership, Becker's relative dependence, and the Cohasset tax-base figures; source listed as a single lrl.mn.gov record not carried in the pack. The row is anchored to The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025), which does not itself establish the Cohasset figures. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^4]: Wikipedia contributors, *Cohasset, Minnesota* (rev. 1374272530, retrieved 2026-10-27), History section — establishes the post office since 1892 and the naming after Cohasset, Massachusetts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohasset,_Minnesota [^5]: Wikipedia contributors, *Cohasset, Minnesota* (rev. 1374272530, retrieved 2026-10-27), Demographics section — establishes the 2020 and 2010 census figures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohasset,_Minnesota