US City Home Logo




Princeton, Minnesota



Weather in:
Princeton

Current Conditions
Mostly Cloudy
Temperature: 3.2 °F

Humidity: 78 %
Wind Speed: 5 mph E
Pressure: 29.91 "

Dew Point: -2 °F
Gusts: 5 mph E
Rain Today: 0.00 "





link to this page from your site or blog!:

  • Princeton News
    Local news for Princeton, MN continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

  • Princeton Classifieds
    Local classifieds for Princeton, MN

  • City Description

    Princeton is a city in Mille Lacs and Sherburne counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located at the confluence of the Rum River and its West branch. The population was 3,933 at the 2000 census. Nearly all residents live within Mille Lacs County. U.S. Route 169 and Minnesota State Highway 95 are two of the main arterial routes in the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.4 square miles (11.5 km²), of which, 4.4 square miles (11.5 km²) of it is land and 0.23% is water. In the winter of 1855 Samuel Ross, Jame W. Gillian, Dorilius Morrison, John S. Prince and Richard Chute platted the town of Princeton. The plat was officially recorded on April 19, 1856.The town is traditionally thought to have been named in honor of John S. Prince. A lack of historical evidence directly supporting this claim has prompted an alternative theory that homesick New Englanders named the town in honor of Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton's location near the confluence of the Rum River and its West branch was critical to the town's development. In 1847 Daniel Stanchfield led an expedition to explore the Rum River. The group discovered vast white pine

    ... Read More

    City Contained By:

    • Mille Lacs County
    • Minnesota
    • Sherburne County

    City Contains:

    • Great Northern Depot

    Timezones:

    • Central Time zone

    Size:

    • 11.3959476855 km squared

    Source: Freebase – The World's Database
    Freely licensed under CC-BY.

  • Surrounding Cities