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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 32 numerous German settlers in the western part of the township caused that to be called the German settlement. The post office was named Columbus, 1856-63, and then Centreville, 1863-93, before its current spelling, and was discontinued in 1905. Charles Peltier built the first sawmill in the county here in 1854. In 1971 a number of streets were renamed to reflect its history. Centerville honors its history and heritage. Settled in 1800’s as a French settlement and stayed mostly French until WW2. This was the main rest stop between Stillwater and Anoka in the earliest days of the Minnesota territory. Has had significant growth in the last 15 years and is close to being fully developed. Centerville's rich French-Canadian heritage is celebrated at the annual summer celebration called Fete des Lacs, which is French for Festival of Lakes. Residents and visitors gather at festival activities all over town to eat, dance, watch a parade, play softball and watch fireworks on Earth Day. City of Circle Pines The city of Circle Pines is located in the southeastern portion of Anoka County at Latitude 45.13 N and Longitude 93.15 W and an elevation of 889 feet. The city has a land area of 1.8 square miles and is a suburban community. The city is bordered by Lino Lakes on the east, Blaine on the north, and Lexington to the west. The city is 15 miles north of Minneapolis/St. Paul. With fields of oaks and elms, the rural appearance can be deceiving – homes and businesses are fairly closely spaced. In May of 1946 a cooperative village of 1,203 acres was announced "to unite the habitation benefits of a functional and contemporary community with the economic advantages of a consumer's cooperative." Each home would front a park or a walkway. There would be adult education, nurseries, educational and recreational activities; and the commercial facilities and services would be owned cooperatively, as would the municipal utilities. The people who settled into Circle Pines in the late 1940’s honed a "cooperative lifestyle." A group of people joined together to form a company to provide for their own needs rather than buying what is needed from private enterprise. The idea was that if you bought a house in Circle Pines, you would have a stake in the businesses that serve the community. The symbol for cooperatives was a pine tree with a circle around it. Thus, the name Circle Pines was born. After only three years, the cooperative lifestyle was abandoned, in part because of problems in securing financing and rifts among leaders. On April 8, 1950, the area, former territory in Blaine and Centerville townships, was incorporated as a village. In 1974, Circle Pines received city status. City of Columbia Heights The City of Columbia Heights is located at the Southern tip of Anoka County on the northern border of the City of Minneapolis (Hennepin County). Ramsey County borders on the East, with the City of Fridley (Anoka County) on the West border. The city is 3.4 square miles in size with a Latitude of 45.04 N and Longitude of –93.26 W and an elevation of 922 feet. Columbia Heights is a hilly community as the Mississippi River is only 1/4 mile west of town limits. The Village of Columbia Heights was formed on March 14, 1898 when it separated from Fridley Township. With 1696 acres, 100 citizens and 20 houses, paths became roads, traffic patterns