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Anoka County (/ ə ˈ n oʊ k ə / ə-NOH-kə) [2] is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, its population was 363,887. [3] The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, [4] which is derived from the Dakota word anoka meaning "on (or from) both sides", referring to its location on both banks of the Rum River.
Unincorporated communities in Anoka County, Minnesota (2 P) This page was last edited on 6 June 2013, at 19:19 (UTC). Text is ...
Anoka (/ ə ˈ n oʊ k ə / ə-NOH-kə) [6] is a city in and the county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 17,142 at the 2010 census. [7] Anoka is the "Halloween Capital of the World" because it hosted one of the first Halloween parades in 1920. [1] It continues to celebrate the holiday each year with several ...
1892 one-room schoolhouse representing an 1880s–1890s expansion of public buildings across rural Anoka County. Also noted as one of the county's few brick buildings. Later used as Ramsey Town Hall. [11] 8: Jackson Hotel: Jackson Hotel: December 8, 1978 : 214 Jackson St.
Shaw used the east section of his house as one of Anoka's original storefronts from the 1850s into the 1870s. Afterward, ownership of the property changed hands many times. One of Anoka's prominent citizens, a transplanted attorney from Maine named Weston Hammons, purchased the home in 1870. That same year, Hammons added to the west section ...
Chambers was a former slave who moved north from Barren County, Kentucky, after the American Civil War. Around 1884, Chambers and his family moved to St. Paul. [12] In 1870, George Wall, Joseph Gagner, and others soon settled in the area and it began to grow. [citation needed] In 1877, Blaine separated from Anoka and organized as a township. [13]
Ham Lake is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. It is a suburb in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The population was 15,296 at the 2010 census. [5] It is in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, one of Minnesota's largest school districts. [6] [7]
Oak Grove is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. It is north of Minneapolis. The population was 8,929 at the 2020 census. [3] Geography.