Cottage Grove is a vibrant community of 30,000 residents with a growing manufacturing and retail economy. We are located approximately eight miles southeast of Minnesota's "Twin Cities" of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Settled in the 1840's with the creation of the Langdon and "Old Cottage Grove" villages, Cottage Grove is now one of the fastest-growing communities in Minnesota. At the beginning of a new millennium, Cottage Grove is facing a bright future.