Hinckley, Minnesota Hinckley, Minnesota Official logo of Hinckley, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Hinckleywithin Pine County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Hinckley Hinckley is a town/city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, positioned at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 48.
Hinckley's name in the Ojibwe language is Gaa-zhiigwanaabikokaag, meaning "the place abundant with grindstones" due to being positioned along the Grindstone River.
Portions of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation are positioned inside and adjoining to Hinckley.
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire killed more than 400 citizens .
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.83 square miles (9.92 km2), of which 3.78 square miles (9.79 km2) is territory and 0.05 square miles (0.13 km2) is water. Interstate Highway 35 and Minnesota Highway 23 (co-signed); and Minnesota Highway 48 are two of the chief routes in Hinckley.
Pine County 61 passes through downtown Hinckley.
Hinckley is the home of Grand Casino Hinckley, sister casino to Grand Casino Mille Lacs; which holds an associate count equal to the populace of the town/city of Hinckley itself.
Camp Nathanael is positioned 16 miles (26 km) east of Hinckley on Highway 48.
When European pioneer came to the Hinckley area, it was a heavily forested region with thick forests of white pine, some of the biggest in the state.
Hinckley was established as the Village of Central Station in 1885, the village was re-incorporated as the City of Hinckley in 1907.
Both names were after Hinckley Township where the town/city is positioned within.
Surrounding Hinckley Township was known as Central Station by the barns s because of its position halfway between the Twin Ports of Duluth and Superior as well as the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St.
Hinckley Township was titled in 1870 after Isaac Hinckley, president of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad.
On September 1, 1894, everything changed with a firestorm wiping out Hinckley and many northeastern Minnesota towns.
Today the Hinckley Fire Museum, five blocks west of Interstate 35 in downtown Hinckley, tells the devastating story of what came to be called the Great Hinckley Fire and the town's recovery from it.
The Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe opened Grand Casino Hinckley in 1992.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 82.4% White, 1.1% African American, 10.3% Native American, 0.8% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 5.1% from two or more competitions.
There were 736 homeholds of which 33.4% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 31.0% were married couples living together, 17.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 7.6% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 44.4% were non-families.
28.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 9.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.3% were from 25 to 44; 21.4% were from 45 to 64; and 14.5% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 91.87% White, 0.15% African American, 5.81% Native American, 0.70% Asian, 0.08% from other competitions, and 1.39% from two or more competitions.
There were 551 homeholds out of which 33.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.2% were married couples living together, 17.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 39.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 28.4% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from 25 to 44, 19.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
About 12.5% of families and 12.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 17.8% of those under age 18 and 11.6% of those age 65 or over.
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