Northome is a city located in the southwestern corner of Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States.

The Northome Fairgrounds hold the annual Koochiching County Fair on the second weekend of August.

Fair events include Northome was founded in 1903 and enjoyed a boom time early in the 20th century as a logging town.

The Burlington Northern Railroad had a depot in Northome until the 1980s, although passenger service discontinued in 1960.

[7] Today the abandoned railroad bed forms the Blue Ox section of a large network of snowmobile trails.

The nearest stop light is 40 miles away in Bemidji, the regional shopping hub.

Other smaller lakes are in the area as well, together supporting a variety of fish including walleye and northern pike.

This area is in the southern part of the Taiga, or boreal forest, with a mix of quaking aspen (colloquially called popple), balsam fir, northern white cedar and others, including some remaining white pine and Norway pine.

The racial makeup of the city was 96.96% White, 1.74% Native American, and 1.30% from two or more races.

Fall brings the deer hunters and in the winter snowmobiling is a growing activity, supporting a small industry with a network of trails leading to nearby communities, including across the Big Bog State Recreation Area to Waskish Township.

In the winter cold temperatures occasionally dipping down to −40° (F or C) create ice that can support small snowplows to clear roads on the lakes for ice-fishing.