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Brainerd (/ ˈ b r eɪ n ər d / BRAY-nərd) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States.Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. [4] [6] Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Shops Historic District, located in Brainerd, in the U.S. state of Minnesota is a set of buildings built by the Northern Pacific Railroad and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was built in 1882 using stone, brick, slate, concrete, and asphalt. [3]
It is also home to the famous 143 yard sale, a 20 mile long annual event where anyone on the route is open to host a yard sale. The southern terminus of SR 143 is at a T-intersection with the concurrency of SR 7 and SR 124 approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of the village of Pomeroy .
The Brainerd Subdivision is a rail line owned and operated by BNSF Railway. It runs from Staples, Minnesota where it connects with the Staples Subdivision to Carlton, Minnesota and the Lakes Subdivision, [1] about 150 miles (240 km) in length. The line was initially built by Northern Pacific Railway with service commencing in about 1911.
Brainerd International Raceway is a road course, and dragstrip racing complex northwest of the city of Brainerd, Minnesota. The complex has a 0.25 mi (0.40 km) dragstrip, and overlapping 2.500 mi (4.023 km) and 3.100 mi (4.989 km) road courses.
Marshall is a city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States.The population was 13,628 at the 2020 census, [4] and 13,906 as of 2023 estimates. [7] Marshall is a regional center in southwest Minnesota, and the county seat of Lyon County. [8]
Sales tax: 7.375% [5] Website: ci.litchfield.mn.us: Litchfield is a city in and the county seat of Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. [6] The population was ...
It had stockade walls, two houses of 40 feet (12 m) each, a shed of 60 feet (18 m), a large warehouse, and a canoe yard. Over time, Native American peoples and European Americans settled nearby, and a town gradually developed. In 1808, German-born John Jacob Astor organized the American Fur Company. The company began trading at the Head of the ...