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Crosby, Minnesota



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  • City Description

    Crosby is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,299 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. Crosby is adjacent to its twin city of Ironton. It is one of the cities in the Cuyuna Range. In the 1932 local elections, the voters of Crosby elected Karl Emil Nygard as President of the Village Council and thus became the first city in the United States to have a Communist mayor. Crosby was the location of the worst mining disaster in Minnesota, the Milford Mine disaster. On February 5, 1924, a new tunnel was blasted too close to nearby Foley Lake, and water rushed in, killing 41 miners. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.7 square miles (9.5 km²), of which, 3.0 square miles (7.9 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²) of it (16.94%) is water. Minnesota Highway 6 and Minnesota Highway 210 are two of the main routes in the community. As of the census of 2000, there were 2,299 people, 989 households, and 554 families residing in the city. The population density was 755.0 people per square mile (292.0/km²). There were 1,081 housing units at an average density of

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    City Contained By:

    • Crow Wing County
    • Minnesota

    City Contains:

    • Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake
    • Soo Line Depot

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 9.58295600824 km squared

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