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White Bear Lake
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city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Counties
- Ramsey , Washington
- Incorporated village
- February 18, 1881
- Incorporated city
- October 11, 1921
- Mayor
- Dan Louismet
- Total
- 8.63 sq mi (22.36 km )
- Land
- 8.05 sq mi (20.84 km )
- Water
- 0.59 sq mi (1.53 km )
- Elevation
- 942 ft (287 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 23,588
- Density
- 3,093.1/sq mi (1,194.24/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 55110, 55127
- Fips code
- 27-69970
- Sales tax
- 8.375%
- Website
- whitebearlakemn.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Carvers 1766 map shows the location of White Bear lake in the historic narrative as being adjacent to Red Lake. This White Bear Lake is located in Pope County, Minnesota and is known today as Lake Minnewaska in White Bear Lake Township, not to be confused with White Bear Township in Ramsey County.
White Bear Lake is a city in Ramsey County in the state of Minnesota, United States. A small portion of the city also extends into Washington County. The population was 24,883 at the 2020 census. The city is located on White Bear Lake, one of the largest lakes in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The lake is a large lake that is home to many different species of fish including largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, northern pike, and a variety of other species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White Bear Lake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.