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Old Crow Wing is a ghost town in Fort Ripley Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Crow Wing rivers. Long occupied by the Ojibwe people, for over a century it was also the northernmost European-American settlement on the Mississippi. In the 1850s and 1860s, Crow Wing was a county seat and ...
Crow Wing County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 66,123. [1] Its county seat is Brainerd. [2] The county was formed in 1857, and was organized in 1870. [3] Crow Wing County is included in the Brainerd, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area.
May 23, 1980 (326 Laurel St. Brainerd: Long-serving government center, consisting of a 1916 jail/sheriff's residence (now a museum) and a courthouse (built 1919–20) further noted as Crow Wing County's most prominent public building and an exemplary fruit of the City Beautiful movement.
Crow Wing is an unincorporated community in Crow Wing Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States, south of Brainerd and Baxter. It is along State Highway 371 ( MN 371 ) near 50th Avenue SW and 85th Street.
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 Crow Wing County Historical Society led efforts to establish a state park around the townsite. The park was authorized by the Minnesota Legislature in 1959. Some controversy arose when the Knights of Columbus built a chapel on the site of Father Pierz' mission.
The former Northern Pacific Railway depot in Nisswa now serves as a historical museum. The railroad right-of-way is now the Paul Bunyan State Trail. Nisswa (/ ˈ n ɪ s w ə / NISS-wə) [4] is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2010 census. [5]
Crow Wing Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,212 at the 2000 census . Crow Wing Township was named after a former Indian village within its borders.