Population (2010) 75,781 Introduction The quiet farms of old Brooklyn Park have been turned into quiet cul-de-sacs, from which sprang a couple of Minnesotans who have left quite a mark on their home state. Visitor Information Direct your questions to the North Hennepin Are Chamber
Elk River is one of the communities on the exurban fringe of the Twin Cities metro area, but visitors will find plenty of reasons to pull off the highway and check out the sites.
Population (2010) Unincorporated Introduction Ball Bluff is a corruption of the name of a tall nearby hill, Bald Bluff, which is actually a pile of rubble edged into place a few thousand years ago by glaciers (a moraine); the hill is topped with grass instead of trees, hence its
Population (2010) 626 History Richard M. Johnson is credited with coming up with the name Ursa but for reasons no one knows; it is the only place in the US that is called Ursa. Sure, some people called the area Bear Creek before 1850, and Ursa is apparently Latin for
Population (2010) 1,371 Introduction The village’s name is derived from the Sauk and Meskwaki word Oquawkiek, which means something like yellow banks, a reference to the color of the bluff faces along the Mississippi River in these parts. Oquawka was very nearly a city of some importance, which is
Population (2010) 22,886 Introduction After 43 miles of flowing from east to west, the Mississippi takes a sharp turn at Muscatine and resumes its mostly southward trek to the Gulf of Mexico. Muscatine was a busy industrial town for decades and still has its share of manufacturing, but many
