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Anoka County MINNESOTA Respectful, Innovative, Fiscally Responsible Anoka County 2019 Multi -Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan City of Blaine Blaine is located in the south-central portion of Anoka County, with a small section of the city located in Ramsey County. Its longitude and latitude coordinates are 45.10 N and 93.12 W. Blaine has a land area of 34.04 square miles and an elevation of 902 feet. Phillip Laddy, a native of Ireland, is recognized as the first settler in Blaine. In 1862, he settled for a short time near the only naturally occurring lake in Blaine. That lake now bears his name, Laddie Lake. In 1865, Blaine welcomed its first permanent resident, Greenberry Chambers, a former slave who moved north from Kentucky, following the Civil War. In 1877, Blaine separated from Anoka and organized as a township of its own. The first Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Moses Ripley, came to Minnesota from Maine and persuaded his fellow board members to name the new township in honor of James G. Blaine, a senator and three -time presidential candidate from Maine. Blaine was later incorporated at a city in 1954. Blaine's growth remained slow until after World War II when starter home developments began to spring up in the southern part of town. Blaine's population went from 1,694 in 1950 to 20,640 in 1970. Blaine has continued to grow and became the largest city in Anoka County in 2017, with a population of 65,359. Blaine is well known for its sporting facilities. The National Sports Center opened in 1990 and is one of the largest and most diverse sporting complexes in the world. With 52 soccer fields it has the most soccer fields on one campus according to the Guinness Book of World Records. The Schwan's Super Rink has eight sheets of ice in one indoor facility. Minnesota United FC, of Major League Soccer, use the facility for training. The NSC also has an 18-hole golf course and an 18-hole putting course. Cycling, golf, hockey, ultimate disc, soccer, broomball, basketball, football, lacrosse, figure skating, rugby, baseball, softball and volleyball are just some of the sports that have been played at the NSC. The largest youth soccer tournament in the Western Hemisphere is held each July at the NSC, more than 25,000 people visit the campus each day during the USA Cup. Blaine is also home to Fogerty Arena will two full sheets of ice and the attached Four Seasons Curling Club with six sheets of curling ice. The TPC Twin Cities also calls Blaine home. Designed by Arnold Palmer with player consultant Tom Lehman the private TPC Twin Cities opened in 2000. The course was home to the 3M Championship, a PGA Tour Champions event, from 2001 until 2018. Starting in 2019 the course became host to the 3M Open a regular stop on the PGA Tour. The 3M Open brings 125,000 people to Blaine each year during the tournament. City of Centerville Centerville is located in the eastern part of Anoka County at Latitude 45.16 N and Longitude — 93.05 W and an elevation of 899 feet. The city has a total area of 1,597 acres (2.2 square miles.) Located between the shores of Peltier Lake and Centerville Lake. The two lakes are used as a water supply for the city of St. Paul in drought situations. It is a suburb of Minneapolis/St. Paul and is located 20 minutes from St. Paul. Centerville is totally surrounded by the city of Lino Lakes. Centerville settled in 1850-52, was organized in 1857 and incorporated on September 27, 1910. Its village of this name, thence given to the township, was platted in the spring of 1854, having a 31