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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]
ZIP code: 55303. Area code: 763: FIPS code: 27-53026: GNIS feature ID: ... The median age in the city was 34.9 years. 28.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.8 ...
Oak Grove first became an organized township in 1857, and was so named because of the large groves of oak trees in the area. The village of Oak Grove was founded in 1854, and a post office operated from 1857 to 1901. The township incorporated as the city of Oak Grove in 1993. [7] [8]
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.
There are generally two widely accepted versions of a postal code: a ZIP code and a ZIP + 4 code. Established in 1963, ZIP codes are the most common and recognizable postal code used by the USPS.
In 2011, the Sheriff’s Office asked the city to pay for non-emergency law enforcement services. The city council voted 3–2 to not do this, which led to the city only having emergency law enforcement as it chose not to establish its own police force. [11] The department's request would have meant a 27% increase in property taxes. [12]
St. Francis is a city in Anoka and Isanti counties, Minnesota, United States. The population was 8,142 at the 2020 census. [3] Minnesota State Highway 47 serves as a main route in the city. Other routes include Ambassador Boulevard.
Its county seat and largest city is Saint Paul, [3] the state capital and the twin city of Minneapolis. The county was founded in 1849 and is named for Alexander Ramsey, the first governor of the Minnesota Territory. [4] Ramsey County is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.