Wilmont is a city in Nobles County, Minnesota, United States.

[4] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.14 square miles (2.95 km2), all land.

[5] By elevation, Wilmont is the highest incorporated community in Nobles County.

There was a general disagreement over the township name, one faction wishing to call it Willumet, and the other favoring Lamont.

For twenty-one years, the residents of Willmont Township lacked convenient railroad transport.

That all changed in the summer of 1899 when the Burlington Railway surveyed a new route extending northwest from Worthington.

Railroad right-of-way man Thomas H. Brown selected a site for a new town and named it Wilmont.

[6] Minnesota State Highway 266 was constructed in 1949, connecting Worthington, Reading, and Wilmont.

Despite having no school, railroad, or state highway connection, Wilmont remains a thriving community of 332 residents.

The racial makeup of the city was 99.40% White, 0.30% Native American, and 0.30% from two or more races.

Wilmont is located in Minnesota's 1st congressional district, represented by Jim Hagedorn, a Republican.

Council members are Ryan Huisman, Deb Vaske, Kevin Spartz, and Dennis Hebig.