Blaine, Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Blainewithin Anoka County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Blaine Blaine is a town/city in Anoka county in the State of Minnesota.
The populace was 57,186 at the 2010 census. The town/city is positioned mainly in Anoka County, and is part of the Minneapolis Saint Paul urbane area.
Highway 10, and Minnesota State Highway 65 are three of the chief routes in the city.
Until 1877, Blaine was part of the town/city of Anoka, Minnesota.
Phillip Laddy, a native of Ireland, is recognized as the first settler in Blaine and settled near a lake that now bears his name, Laddie Lake, in 1862.
While many of the other communities in Anoka County experienced expansion due to farming, Blaine's sandy soil and abundant wetlands discouraged would-be farmers and it remained a prime hunting area.
Blaine's expansion remained slow until after World War II when starter home developments began to spring up in the southern part of town and the improve changed from a small non-urban town to a more suburban one.
For a several years Blaine led the Twin Cities metro region in new home construction. Blaine's expansion could be attributed to the evolution of Interstate Highway 35 - W, U.S.
Highway 10, and Minnesota Highway 65 which increased its accessibility to the Twin Cities making it an attractive locale for company and residentiary evolution as many citizens call it home today.
Beginning with the evolution of the Knoll Creek, Club West, Pleasure Creek and TPC Twin Cities, the existing territory was modified through extensive grading accomplishments with the result in the large open water areas.
These site modifications are needed to accommodate the evolution of the homes and neighborhoods. The success of quarrying sand aided increating ponds/lakes and allowed for further evolution in the city.
The Center piece of those developments is The Lake of Blaine, taking over 1,000 acres peat and sod farms and creating 158 acre Sunrise Lake and million dollar homes and other high end housing opportunities not seen in the town/city before. Corporate inhabitants include the Aveda Corporation, Infinite Campus, PTC Inc, Magnet - Street, parking lot portion of a Medtronic Development, and Dayton Rogers Manufacturing.
Blaine is also home to the 600-acre (2.4 km2) National Sports Center featuring 50 soccer fields, a golf course, a velodrome, and the Schwan Super Rink, including 4 Olympic and 4 regulation ice rinks in one building.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 34.05 square miles (88.19 km2), of which 33.85 square miles (87.67 km2) is territory and 0.20 square miles (0.52 km2) is water. Blaine is 13 miles (21 km) from Minneapolis and 20 miles (30 km) from St.
Blaine can be accessed from a several major roadways in the Twin Cities, including Minnesota State Highway 65, Interstate 35 - W, University Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Hamline Avenue, U.S.
Highway 10, and Minnesota State Highway 610.
Sunrise Lake as part of The Lakes housing evolution is the biggest body at 158 acres in size, and going down to depths of near 40 feet in some places. The next biggest body is Laddie Lake, which is also partially in Spring Lake Park at 77 acres in size, reaching maximum depth of 6 ft in some locations. The next biggest body is Club West Lake at 39 acres and depths up to 25 ft, also man-made, positioned in the Club West Housing development. The last titled body of water in the town/city is Lochness Lake; at 11 acres in size it is managed by the town/city and has a provided fishing dock. There are a several other large bodies of water inside the town/city that are not classified as lakes found around the TPC of the Twin Cities, Pleasure Creek Neighborhood, Knoll Creek Development, Crescent Ponds.
The town/city started acquiring portions of the property in the late 1990s, but most of it was acquired after Blaine voters allowed a $3.5 million popular vote in 2000. A tentative long-range plan calls for the assembly of a nature center by 2020.
According to Blaine's 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the town/city were: The National Sports Center has been the home of Minnesota's experienced soccer squads for 23 years.
From 1990 2003 and 2008 2009 the National Sports Center was home for the now defunct Minnesota Thunder.
The United States Soccer Federation ruled the stadium could not own the team, due to an increase in financial standards the stadium did not have, and the team re-branded to turn into the Minnesota Stars FC for the 2010 2012 seasons.
The Minnesota United FC, after being re-branded in early 2013 to represent the history of soccer in Minnesota, is now the current tenant of the National Sports Center.
There are 3 high schools inside the city: Blaine High School home to the Bengals in the Anoka-Hennepin School District, and Centennial High School home to the Cougars in the Centennial School District.
Rasmussen College, a private, for-profit school offering Bachelor's and associate degrees, has a locale in Blaine.
There were 21,077 homeholds of which 38.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 26.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 35.6 years.
26.5% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.4% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30.7% were from 25 to 44; 27% were from 45 to 64; and 8.5% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 44,942 citizens , 15,898 homeholds, and 12,177 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace is spread out with 29.1% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 34.8% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 5.3% who are 65 years of age or older.
Blaine is positioned in Minnesota's 6th congressional district, represented by Tom Emmer, a Republican.
On a state level, Blaine is represented by Nolan West and Erin Koegle in the Minnesota House of Representatives, and Jerry Newton in the Minnesota Senate.
Bryan Cupito former starting quarterback for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, now residing in Blaine.
Now, Now Indie Rock band, formed at Blaine High School in 2004.
Minnesota Department of Minnesota.
City of Blaine CAFR Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
Blaine, Minnesota official website Municipalities and communities of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States Municipalities and communities of Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
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Cities in Minnesota - Cities in Anoka County, Minnesota - Cities in Ramsey County, Minnesota - Populated places established in 1862 - 1862 establishments in Minnesota
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