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Place Name
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Red Wing
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Place Status (Type)
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city
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Capital Of
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Goodhue County
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Population
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15,134 (1990)
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Location
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Goodhue County, Minnesota (MN), United States, North America
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Latitude
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44°34'N
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Longitude
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92°35'W
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Red Wing
, city (1990 pop. 15,134),  Goodhue co., SE
Minn., 38 mi/61 km SE of St. Paul, on the
Mississippi R. at the head of L. Pepin; 44°34'N 92°35'W. Elev.
750 ft/229 m. It is a commercial and mfg.
center in the Hiawatha Valley farm area. Grain, alfalfa, soybeans;
livestock, poultry; dairying. Mfg. (soft drinks, sunflower- and
flax-processing; malt, bakery prods., leather tanning, machinery,
industrial belts, printing and publishing, rollerskating shoes, kitchen
cabinets, robotic systems). Site (1836-1840) of a Swiss mission to
Native Americans Red Wing Vocational Technical School here. Lock and
Dam No. 3 reservoir to NW; part of Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood
State Forest to S; Prairie Island Indian Reservation and Gores Pool No.
3 Wildlife Area to NW; Mt. Frontenac Ski Area to SE; Frontenac State
Park to E. Inc. 1857.
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