Local Wiki
Watonwan County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Sep 15, 2026- Board of Commissioners meets
- First and third Tuesday of each month at 9:00 AM.
- Meeting location
- Watonwan County Courthouse, Commissioners' Meeting Room, 710 2nd Avenue S, St. James, MN 56081.
- Recorder
- 507-375-2533
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.watonwancountymn.gov/AgendaCenter
- Chair, County Board of Commissioners
- 5-member County Board of Commissioners. Chair: Scott Westman, confirmed for 2026 (succeeding a prior AMC-listed chair). Phone: 507-327-3670. Email: scott.westman@co.watonwan.mn.us. Courthouse: 507-375-1210.
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Butterfield-Odin Public Schools · School District
- Madelia Public School District · School District
- St. James Public School District · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Butterfield · City
- Darfur · City
- La Salle · City
- Lewisville · City
- Madelia (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Odin · City
- Ormsby · City
- St. James · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026