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Brainerd
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city in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Crow Wing
- Incorporated
- March 6, 1873
- Mayor
- Dave Badeaux
- Total
- 12.82 sq mi (33.21 km )
- Land
- 12.13 sq mi (31.42 km )
- Water
- 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km ) 5.78%
- Elevation
- 1,217 ft (371 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 14,580
- Density
- 1,187/sq mi (458.2/km )
- Demonym
- Brainerdier
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 27-07300
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Brainerd (/ˈbreɪnərd/ BRAY-nərd) is a city in and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census. Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.
The Brainerd micropolitan area includes Cass and Crow Wing counties and had a population of 96,189 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film Fargo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brainerd” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.