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Detroit Lakes is a city and the county seat of Becker County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,869 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] Its unofficial population during summer months is much higher, estimated by citizens to peak at 13,000 midsummers, due to seasonal residents and tourists.
Colonel George Johnston founded the city of Detroit Lakes in 1871. It grew quickly with the construction of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Johnston led settlers from New England to settle in this region. [5] An 1877 election decided that Detroit Lakes, then known as Detroit, would become the county seat. Detroit won the election by a 90% majority.
As of 2011, according to Martin Manna, the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce's executive director, 75 of the 84 supermarkets in the Detroit city limits are owned by Assyrian Americans. [153] Metro Foodland in the city is an African American owned business; it is the final remaining black-owned supermarket in Detroit, a majority black city.
As of the census [1] of 2000, there were 2,359 people, 899 households, and 692 families residing in the township. The population density was 91.0 inhabitants per square mile (35.1/km 2).
At the 2000 census, [3] there were 1,730 people, 662 households and 505 families residing in the township. The population density was 79.9 inhabitants per square mile (30.8/km 2).
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KDLM broadcasts a variety of local and state sports including the Detroit Lakes Lakers HS teams, the Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Twins, Minnesota Wild, Minnesota Lynx, Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Golden Gopher Football, Basketball and Hockey. KDLM also broadcasts Sunday Night and Monday Night football from Westwood One.
Downriver communities near Detroit and Dearborn (such as Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Wyandotte, River Rouge, Melvindale and Ecorse) were developed in the 1920s-1940s and are identified by brick and mortar homes (often bungalows), tree-lined streets and Works Progress Administration-designed municipal buildings, typical also of the homes within Detroit's city limits.