Kinney
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city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Saint Louis
- Total
- 4.12 sq mi (10.68 km )
- Land
- 3.91 sq mi (10.13 km )
- Water
- 0.21 sq mi (0.55 km )
- Elevation
- 1,545 ft (471 m)
- Density
- 38.9/sq mi (15.01/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 27-33416
- Gnis feature id
- 0661645
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Kinney
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- St. Louis County
- Population
- 152
- Area
- 12.520061
- Elevation
- 470
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Households
- 76
- Dialing code
- 218
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- postal code
- 55758
- P8168
- RFE
- water as percent of area
- 4.3913
- per capita income
- 20423
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Encyclopedic overview
Kinney is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 152 at the time of the 2020 census. It is best known for having "seceded" from the United States in 1977 and establishing the "Republic of Kinney". Originally a publicity stunt to draw attention to underfunding of municipal projects in the area, the "Republic of Kinney" remained a part of the civic identity of Kinney for decades afterwards.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kinney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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