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Anoka County MINNESOTA Respectful, Innovative, Fiscally Responsible Anoka County 2019 Multi -Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan Linwood Township Linwood Township at Latitude 45.37 N and Longitude 93.08 W is a thirty-six square mile community in the northeast corner of Anoka County, and has an elevation of 892 feet. Linwood Township is the last remaining township in Anoka County. Linwood Township first settled in 1855 and organized in 1871, received its name from Linwood Lake, the largest and most attractive one in a series or chain of ten or more lakes extending from northeast to southwest through this township and onward to Ham Lake. The name doubtless refers to the Lin tree or linden. Our American species (Tilia Americana), usually called basswood, is abundant here and is common or frequent through nearly all this state. The township had a post office between 1865-1903, in section 8, as well as a number of small businesses, a general store, and a Methodist church. A series of lakes, tributary in its northern part to the Sunrise River and at the south to Coon Creek, lies in Linwood, Bethel, and Ham Lake Townships. This series includes from northeast to southwest Typo Lake and Martin Lake; Island Lake, named for its island; Linwood Lake, giving its name to the township; Boot Lake, named from its outline; Rice Lake, having wild rice; Coon Lake and Little Coon Lake, named, like the creek, for raccoons, formerly much hunted here; and Lake Netta and Ham Lake, the latter, as before noted, being named from its form and giving name also to its township. Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area is located in the southern and eastern areas of the township. There are three major lakes located in the Township. Linwood has been a community consisting of family farms and cabins located around the three major lakes. The farmland is in the process of being developed to residential homes and the cabins around the lakes have been converted to permanent homes. Oity of Nowthen The City of Nowthen is located in the northwest corner of Anoka County, Minnesota at Latitude 45.33 N and Longitude 93.44 W and an elevation of 925 feet. The city has a total area of 35.2 miles. Of this total, 33.8 miles is land and 1.4 miles water. The total area is 3.95% water. There are 11 lakes in Nowthen, with Twin Lake being the largest. As of 2010, Nowthen had a total of 19,760 acres as rural residential agricultural use, 795 acres of Commercial/Industrial, 335 acres of Public/Quasi Public, 153 acres of parks and 1,486 acres of water/wetlands/other. Active farming operations exist throughout Nowthen. Continuation of these agricultural activities represents an important land use within the City consistent with the heritage and desired character of the community. Nowthen, formerly Burns Township was established in 1869. Originally Burns Township was a part of the City of St. Francis. The first election in the township was held in 1869 and the first church was built in 1878. On July 8, 2008 Burns Township incorporated into the City of Nowthen. The City of Nowthen has consisted of family owned farms and large parcels of land for many years. Within the last few years, a lot of the farmland has been developed into residential homes. Some of the larger land parcels are still be used for agricultural operations. In 1870 the population in Nowthen was 340 and as of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 4,443. Nowthen has three different school districts covering our community (St. Francis District #15, Anoka District #11 and Elk River District #728 and also three different post offices (zip codes) for our City. 39 Commented []S29]: Added this sentence Commented [.30]: Updated 9-27-11