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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 40 The City of Oak Grove is a community in the northwestern quadrant of Anoka County at Latitude 45.34 N and Longitude 93.33 W. It has a land area of 33.7 square miles and an elevation of 915 feet. Its 22,700 acres are bounded by the City of Andover, City of Nowthen, City of East Bethel, and City of St. Francis. The principal water features within the City include the Rum River, Cedar Creek, Seelye Brook, and Lake George. Oak Grove was primarily a farming community, but has evolved into an ex-urban bedroom community. Oak Grove Township settled in 1855 and was organized in 1857. "The name is derived from the profuse growth of oak trees, which are about equally distributed over the township" (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, p. 285). Oak Grove, a village in section 18, located on the Rum River, was first settled in 1854, had a post office between 1857-1901, and was incorporated in 1993. The heart of the City of Oak Grove began at the enclave of Cedar. In 1880, Oak Grove was home to 305 people. The amenity of Lake George attracted seasonal and some year round residents as well. From those early years until 1950, the population had limited growth. After 1950, Oak Grove’s population has steadily grown. Oak Grove is a residential community with a rural environment. A major east/west and north/south Anoka County Road passes through the City making it close to additional services and cities. There are several small home businesses in Oak Grove, which make it a good place to live and work. The Rum River Tree Farm is an example of a business located in Oak Grove. City of Ramsey The City of Ramsey is located in western Anoka County, approximately 30 miles north of Minneapolis/St Paul at Latitude 45.26 N and Longitude 93.44 W and an elevation of 879 feet. Ramsey has a land area of 28.8 square miles and shares its borders with Anoka, Oak Grove, City of Nowthen and Elk River. On its southern border is the Mississippi River and to the East, Rum River. The City of Ramsey is 29 square miles in size. Ramsey is a suburban city with a population of 26,668. The first settlement in Ramsey began because of trading along the banks of the Mississippi. Many settlers came here on a steamboat called "The Governor Ramsey" named after our first territorial governor. This is how the city acquired the name. Only a few of the first houses and structures built in Ramsey remain today. The most notable structure of historic significance is identified on the National Register of Historic Places, the Old Ramsey Town Hall, located west of Highway 47 just north of County Road 116. This structure was built during the 19th century and was originally used as a schoolhouse. A significant effort has been made to preserve and maintain this building The Township of Ramsey was first organized in 1857 as Watertown Township later to become Ramsey Township in the fall of 1858. The name “Dover” township was also used sometime between Watertown and Ramsey. Ramsey was named after Governor Ramsey, who aside from having a steamboat named after him, was the first territorial governor of Minnesota. In November of 1974 Ramsey Township was incorporated as a city. Ramsey is a bedroom community, with a mixture of farms, single -family homes on large parcels of land and single-family homes on urban sized lots ranging from starter homes to executive style homes. Senior housing apartments are also available, as well as numerous styles of town