Mississippi River towns in Minnesota
Population (2010) 5,279 Visitor Information Got a question? Direct it to the folks at the Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce (651.458.8334). History Before 1887, the site of the future village of Saint Paul Park was a collection of farms. In 1887, William Fowler sold
Population (2010) 3,435 Visitor Information Got a question? Direct it to the folks at the Cottage Grove Area Chamber of Commerce (651.458.8334). History Newport began as two separate communities: Red Rock and Newport. Red Rock was the older of the two, tracing its
Population (2010) 27,208 Visitor Information Direct your questions to the Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce (763.571.9781). History Vermont native John Banfil moved here in 1847 and would eventually serve as the first postmaster for a town he would plat in 1851 called Manomin (the
Population (2010) 61,476 Visitor Information Direct your questions to the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce (763.421.7130). History Another stop along the old Red River Ox Cart Trail (which follows today’s Coon Rapids Boulevard from Pheasant Ridge Dr. NW to Egret Blvd. NW), the area probably got its
Population (2010) 17,142 Visitor Information Direct your questions to the Anoka Area Chamber of Commerce (763.421.7130). History Kline Sanatorium Anoka sprouted up because of its ready access to water transportation. Joseph Belanger, with help from a few others, erected a trading post for William Aitkin
Population (2010) 30,104 Introduction Brooklyn Center has a longer history as a village than its neighbor, Brooklyn Park, but it is smaller and experienced most of its population growth in the 1950s (jumping from 4,200 residents in 1950 to 24,000 just ten years later). Like its neighbor, though, Brooklyn
