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Place Name
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Brainerd
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Crow Wing County
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Population
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12,353 (1990)
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Location
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Crow Wing County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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46°21'N
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Longitude
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94°11'W
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Brainerd
, city (1990 pop. 12,353),  Crow Wing co.,
central Minn., 55 mi/89 km N of St. Cloud, on
the Mississippi R.; 46°21'N 94°11'W. Elev.
1,212 ft/369 m. In a pine-forested and lake
region. Agr. (dairying; poultry; oats, wild rice, alfalfa); mfg.
(fabricated metal and metal prods., construction materials, lumber and
wood prods., plastic prods., foods and beverages, fishing tackle;
printing and publishing). Founded (1870) by the Northern Pacific RR, it
is still a RR center with repair shops. Brainerd Community Col.,
Brainerd State School and Hosp. to E. Paul Bunyan Amusement Center
here. Cuyuna Iron Range to NE; Crow Wing State Park and Camp Ripley
Military Reservation to SW; Pillsbury State Forest to W; Crow Wing
State Forest to NE. Inc. 1881.
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