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Cedar Mills is a small city in southeastern Meeker County in central Minnesota, laid out in 1860 — before Minnesota's county was fully organized — yet not incorporated until 1950, some 90 years later.

Cedar Mills was named for nearby Cedar Lake, which lies about two miles east of the village.

A Cedar Mills post office was established in 1870 — originally in Renville County before being transferred to Meeker County in 1872 — and, after a closure and re-establishment, it operated until it became a rural branch in 1955.

An 1878 Minnesota gazetteer described Cedar Mills as a village of about 60 people on Collinwood Creek, whose water power drove a flouring mill, alongside a steam saw mill, exporting lumber and flour.

Cedar Mills first appeared in the federal census in 1950 with 99 residents, declined to a low of 45 in 2010, then rebounded 37.8% to 62 residents in the 2020 census.

The 2010 census counted 45 people living in 23 households in Cedar Mills, and the city covers just 0.34 square miles at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 7 and 22.

The Luce Line Trail, a former railroad corridor converted to a recreational trail, passes through Cedar Mills — crushed granite from Hutchinson to Cedar Mills and natural mowed grass onward to Cosmos.