Tower, MN

Tower is a city located in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The 2020 census counted 430 residents. State Highways 1, 169, and 135 are three of the main routes in Tower. Tower is located on the southern shore of Lake Vermilion. In town there is the Tower-Soudan Elementary School that serves students K–6. Taken together, these details give a newcomer a usable picture of Tower, where its history, geography, and current gathering places meet. For Tower, the memorable detail is the way older history and current gathering places share one local map. The city was incorporated March 13, 1889, which makes it the oldest city in the Arrowhead region. Tower owes its establishment to the Soudan Mine, and was named after mining financier Charlemagne Tower. Tower has a humid continental climate, with long, bitterly cold, dry winters and warm summers.