Battle Lake Wedding

Battle Lake is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 686 at the 2000 census. The town is built around a lake where a battle was fought between the Ojibway and Sioux people around 1795. Glendalough State Park is nearby.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.1 km (1.2 mi). 3.1 km (1.2 mi) of it is land and 0.83% is water.

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 686 people, 327 households, and 192 families residing in the city. The population density was 220.7/km (571.3/mi). There were 407 housing units at an average density of 131.0/km (338.9/mi). The racial makeup of the city was 98.54% White, 0.29% African American, 0.15% Native American, 0.44% Asian, and 0.58% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.46% of the population.

There were 327 households out of which 23.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% were non-families. 39.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 26.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.10 and the average family size was 2.79.