Cokato

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Cokato MN 55321
United States
45° 5' 28.5504" N, 94° 11' 46.7808" W
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Cokato is in Wright County COKATO Township, settled in the early spring of 1856, included Middleville Township and was called Middleville when it was first organized; it was reorganized in 1856 with Stockholm Township and called Mooers Prairie Township; it became a separate township in July 1868. The Dakota name Cokato, adopted in 1868, which had been previously borne by the largest lake of the township, signifies "at the middle." Hear it pronounced in Dakota. From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.