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Query: What is the largest city in Pine County, Minnesota?
Pine City is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, in East Central Minnesota. Pine City is the county seat of, and the largest city in, Pine County.[7] A portion of the city is located on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. Founded as a railway town, it quickly became a logging community and the surrounding lakes made it a resort town. Today, it is an arts town and commuter town to jobs in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.[8] It is also a green city.[9] The population was 3,127 at the 2010 census.
Rosemount is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States, in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area. The population was 21,874 at the 2010 census. Rosemount was established as a township in 1858 and incorporated as a city in 1972, encompassing the old village of Rosemount and Pine Bend. According to the city's website, there was some debate over whether to name the township Saratoga or Rosemount, with the latter finally being chosen to reflect the town's Irish heritage, and to remain in keeping with the name given to the post office a few years earlier. Rosemount is home to the Pine Bend Refinery, which is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota and the 14th-largest in the United States. Rosemount was also home to a military gunpowder plant in the 1940s called Gopher Ordnance Works. Now, all that remains are the walls.
Circle Pines is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,918 at the 2010 census.
County Highway 9 is a road that serves Pine City, Pine City Township, Chegwatana Township and Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota. The road begins at "St. Croix Road Southeast" (CR 8) in Pine City, heads out of Pine City on "East Cross Lake Road", generally heads northeast on "Cross Lake Road" for approximately along portions of former Point Douglas to Superior Military Road, then north for , terminating at "Beroun Crossing Road" (CR 14).
The community is located between Pine City and Henriette; near the intersection of Pine County 7 and Pine County 13.
Pine City Township was organized in 1874.
Chengwatana Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 809 at the 2000 census. Chengwatana Township was organized in 1874. Its name is derived from the Ojibwe "Zhingwaadena" (White-pine Town), applied originally to an Ojibwe village located at the confluence of the Snake River with the St. Croix River. Neighbouring Pine City Township and the City of Pine City get their names from the English translation of "Chengwatana".
Highway 361 was established in 1969 to maintain unmarked Minnesota Constitutional Route 1 through the cities of Rush City, Rock Creek, and Pine City after U.S. Highway 61 was moved to Interstate 35. The section of Highway 361 between Rock Creek and Pine City was turned back to Pine County maintenance in 2003, and was renumbered Pine County Highway 61. Its previous northern terminus from 1967 to 2003 was at its intersection with old State Highway 324 in Pine City, now marked as Pine County Highway 7. The rest of the roadway was turned over Chisago and Pine counties in 2011.
When Buchanan County was merged with Pine County in 1861, the county seat was consolidated to Pine City because it was already well-established. Because of its location on the far southern edge of Pine County, there have been attempts over the years to move the county seat to more centrally located Hinckley and Sandstone. However, being the most populous city in the county, Pine City always prevailed as the county seat.
Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 29,750.[3] Its county seat is Pine City.[4] The county was formed in 1856 and organized in 1872.
Born in Canada, he moved with his parents to Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1882 where he studied law. In 1908, he moved to Pine City, Minnesota. He owned Pine City Abstract Company in Pine City, Minnesota. He served in Lake County, Minnesota government and was county auditor for Pine County, Minnesota. Therrien also served as probate judge for Pine County, Minnesota 1917-1920. He served in the Minnesota House of Representatives 1923-1931 and 1943-1947.
County Highway 8 is a road that serves Pine City Township and Pine City. The approximately road begins at the intersection of "Ravine Road" (CR 117) and "St. Croix Road" (CR 118), heads west into Pine City on "St. Croix Road", then on "St. Croix Road Southeast", heads north on "2nd Street Southeast", heads west on "3rd Avenue Southeast", and terminating at "6th Street" (CR 61).
Pine Springs is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 408 at the 2010 census.
Finlayson Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 506 at the 2000 census. The township's original extent was reduced when the city of Finlayson was incorporated and separated from it.
County Highway 7 is a road that serves Pine City, Pine City Township, Royalton Township, Pokegama Township and Grasston. The approximately road begins as continuation "Pine Street" (Kanabec CR 23) in Grasston, which becomes "Pokegama Lake Road" upon entering Pine County. "Pokegama Lake Road" generally heads east and north until reaching its intersection with Interstate Highway 35, enters Pine City as "Hillside Avenue Southwest", and terminates at its intersection with "Main Street" (CR 61). Though the short segment of Pine Street in Grasston between the county line and State Highway 107 (MN 107) is designated as Kanabec CR 23, the sign for the short segment is that of Pine CR 7. The segment within Pine City was originally signed as former State Highway 324 (MN 324) until 2003.
Pine Island is a city in Goodhue and Olmsted counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Most of Pine Island is located within Goodhue County, but a small part extends into Olmsted County, making that small portion part of the Rochester metropolitan area. The city's population was 3,263 at the 2010 census.
The Pine County Fair takes place in Pine City each year in late July/early August. A highlight of the fair is a three-night demolition derby that is one of Minnesota's largest, drawing several thousand spectators each evening. The five-day event is a free gate fair and also features free on-site parking.
Lakeside Medical Center is one of the largest employers, with 140 employees. MINPACK, Inc. has 130 employees, and Atscott Manufacturing, 100; both have their headquarters in Pine City.[26] Other large employers in the community include Walmart, Product Fabricators, Inc., Broekema Beltway, ISD 578, Therapeutic Services Agency, Pine County, Community Living Options and Lake Superior Laundry.
Rush City Regional Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located in Chisago County, Minnesota, one nautical mile northeast of the central business district of Rush City, a city in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States.The airport also serves Pine City, Minnesota and other parts of East Central Minnesota.
1804 – The seasonal living of the Ojibwe changed when Europeans arrived.[11] 1837 – With the Treaty of St. Peters, dubbed “White Pine Treaty", lumbering began in the area.[12] 1848 – The Ojibwe community of Chengwatana forms as an official village. 1856 – Chengwatana became the county seat for Pine County. 1872 – Two years after a fire at the Chengwatana courthouse, by popular vote Pine City became the county seat and a new courthouse was built. 1881 – Pine City incorporated as a village west of Chengwatana due to the railroad’s location west of Cross Lake. Chengwatana declined into a ghost town. 1894 – Pine City’s Robinson Park became a staging area, a “ground zero”, for support and relief from the Great Hinckley Fire.[13] 1903 – Adam Bede speaks at Associated Press annual dinner in New York City. 1939 – Pine City built a plain, yellow brick, two-story rectangle city hall but gave the building to the county after becoming nervous it might lose its county seat status because of the need for better office space. Even so, the words “Pine City village hall” were carved over the east entrance. 1952 – The towered, Romanesque Revival style courthouse building built in 1886 was struck by lightning, causing it to burn. 1954 – In a bond issue, the county raised the money needed for a new courthouse and added it onto the north end of the one-time city hall (which ironically is used in part by city hall today), using the same marble wainscoting and terrazzo floors. The words “court house” were carved over the north entrance. 1967 – Interstate 35 was completed through Pine City and by 1961 it was under construction north of Hinckley. 1978 – First International Polkafest held here. 1992 –30-foot tall voyageur statue erected on the north shore of the Snake River, near downtown.[14] 2005 – People around the region hosted first annual East-Central Minnesota Pride in Pine City. 2007 – A few years after a failed attempt to split the county in two, a new courthouse was erected on the northern edge of Pine City near the freeway. 2012 – June 5, with H.R.3220 the Pine City post office was renamed the "Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office".[15][16] 2017 – The Pine City boys' basketball team received national attention in The Wall Street Journal for their offensive philosophy to shoot primarily 3-pointers.[17]
In 1857, Buchanan County in full and southern portions of Aitkin and Carlton counties were formed from the original Pine County, with Kanabec County organized a year later. In 1861, Buchanan County was dissolved and folded into Pine County. Pine County was re-organized in 1872, with Pine City becoming the new county seat. Pine County has been featured in a series of Mysteries written by Dean Hovey. The titles include: Where Evil Hides, Hooker, Unforgettable, Undeveloped, The Deacon's Demise, and Family Trees.[5] Family Trees won the 2018 Northeastern Minnesota Book Award (NEMBA).
Rutledge is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, at the confluence of the Kettle and Pine Rivers. The population was 229 at the 2010 census.
Pine County 61 serves as a main route in the community. The Willard Munger Bicycle / Snowmobile Trail also passes through Rutledge.
In the late 19th century, European settlers came to the Pine City area, which was still heavily forested with thick stands of white pine, some of the largest in the state. When the railroad arrived in Pine City so began a logging expansion. Pine City prospered and grew into a city that had everything needed to serve residents, farmers, and the fast expanding lumber industry. Pine City was platted in 1869.[10] The city was incorporated in 1881.
Anoka County ( ) is the fourth-most-populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 census, the population was 339,534. The county seat and namesake of the county is the City of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word "anokatanhan" meaning "on (or from) both sides," referring to its location on the banks of the Rum River. The largest city in the county is the City of Blaine, the thirteenth-largest city in Minnesota and the eighth-largest Twin Cities suburb.
Pine City High School is a six-year public high school located in Pine City, Minnesota, a fourth-tier suburb (exurb) of Minneapolis in East Central Minnesota. The school was founded in 1910 and has a current enrollment of approximately 800 students, making it the largest school in Pine County. The nickname for the school's athletic teams is the Dragons.