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Elk River has always been a town energized by its local artists, showcasing talented residents. The Elk River Area Arts Alliance, founded in 1989, is a nonprofit organization that works with area businesses, government agencies, local schools, other arts organizations, and individual artists to provide quality arts experiences for area residents.
The Elk River is an 84.0-mile-long (135.2 km) [1] river in east-central Minnesota in the United States. [2] It is a tributary of the Mississippi River , draining a watershed of 630 square miles (1,600 km 2 ).
The area now covered by Elk River was also first settled in 1848. Two villages grew up, fairly close together: Orono (platted 1855); and Elk River Village (platted 1865). Their growth was such that by 1867 a county vote moved the county seat from Humboldt to Elk River (designated as "The Lower Town" in the vote, to distinguish it from nearby Orono.
Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, and Anoka counties. Many of the Twin Cities' outer northern and western suburbs are included within the boundaries of this district, such as Blaine (the district's largest city), Andover, Chaska, Ramsey, St. Michael-Albertville, Elk River, Chanhassen, Otsego, Lino Lakes, Buffalo, Ham Lake ...
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.79 square miles (77.16 km 2), of which 28.81 square miles (74.62 km 2) is land and 0.98 square miles (2.54 km 2) is water. [8] Ramsey borders the cities of Andover, Anoka, Nowthen, Oak Grove, Dayton, and Elk River.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Elk River: 155.703: 250.580 — US 10 west / MN 101 south – Elk River, Rogers: Northern end of US 10 overlap: 156.642: 252.091 – CSAH 12 (Main Street) Interchange opened in 2024; former at-grade intersection with traffic lights: 157.261: 253.087 – School Street / Elk Hills Drive: Interchange opened in 2023; former at-grade intersection ...
The northern section of the roadway, between Rogers and Elk River, is 6.9 miles (11.1 km) in length. This is a busy highway, well-used on weekends by Twin Cities travelers going west on Interstate 94/US Highway 52 (I-94/US 52) through Elk River and continuing north on US 169 to Mille Lacs Lake and other lakes in Central Minnesota.