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Anoka
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city in and county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Anoka
- Incorporated
- March 2, 1878
- Mayor
- Erik Skogquist
- Total
- 7.18 sq mi (18.59 km )
- Land
- 6.67 sq mi (17.27 km )
- Water
- 0.51 sq mi (1.32 km ) 7.07%
- Elevation
- 876 ft (267 m)
- Density
- 2,688/sq mi (1,038/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 (Central)
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (Central)
- Fips code
- 27-01720
- Website
- City of Anoka
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Anoka
- Population
- 17921
- Area
- 18.666823
- Elevation
- 268
- Official website
- www.anokaminnesota.com
- Image
- Anoka Minnesota Main Street.jpg
- Households
- 6943
- Dialing code
- 763
- Motto
- Halloween Capital of the World
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- Commons category
- Anoka, Minnesota
- postal code
- 55303
- inception
- 1844-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 7.0945
- per capita income
- 34609
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Article
Anoka (/əˈnoʊkə/ ə-NOH-kə) is a city in and the county seat of Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 17,921 at the 2020 census. Anoka is a northern suburb of the Twin Cities, at the confluence of the Rum and Mississippi Rivers. It is nicknamed the "Halloween Capital of the World" because in 1920 it hosted one of the first Halloween parades. It continues to celebrate the holiday each year with several parades. U.S. Highways 10 / 169 and State Highway 47 are three of Anoka's main routes, and it had a station on the Northstar Line to Minneapolis.
History