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Deer River is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 909 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 2 and Minnesota State Highways 6 and 46 are three of the main routes in the community. == History == Deer River had a site on the National Register of Historic Places, the Itasca Lumber Company Superintendent's House, built in 1904 by the leading lumber company in the area. The property was razed presumably in 2011. Late in World War II, a logging camp manned by prisoners of war was located at the site of an old CCC camp near Deer River. == Geography == According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.29 square miles (3.34 km2), all land. == Demographics == === 2010 census === As of the census of 2010, there were 930 people, 397 households, and 212 families living in the city. The population density was 720.9 inhabitants per square mile (278.3/km2). There were 434 housing units at an average density of 336.4 per square mile (129.9/km2).