Silver Bay
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human settlement in Lake County, Minnesota, United States of America
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Lake
- Total
- 8.06 sq mi (20.88 km )
- Land
- 7.63 sq mi (19.76 km )
- Water
- 0.43 sq mi (1.12 km )
- Elevation
- 764 ft (233 m)
- Estimate 2021
- 1,858
- Density
- 243.4/sq mi (93.99/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( CST )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Fips code
- 27-60250
- Gnis feature id
- 0658258
- Website
- silverbay.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Silver Bay
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Lake County
- Population
- 1857
- Area
- 21.650815
- Elevation
- 233
- Official website
- www.silverbay.com
- Image
- Silver Bay, Minnesota aerial.jpg
- Households
- 809
- Dialing code
- 218
Show 5 more facts
- postal code
- 55614
- P8168
- Cerreto Laziale
- water as percent of area
- 5.5841
- per capita income
- 34459
- Commons category
- Silver Bay, Minnesota
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Silver Bay is a city in Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,857 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the largest population center in a natural tourism area which includes Tettegouche State Park and the Split Rock Lighthouse. It is a port along Lake Superior for iron ore, but does not have taconite mining facilities of its own, only a processing plant ran by Cleveland-Cliffs.
The North Shore National Scenic Drive runs through town.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silver Bay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.