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Anoka County Multi-Jurisdictional All Hazards Mitigation Plan 42 Once referred to as Otona and established in 1855, St. Francis has seen a transition from being a small sawmill town of old to a center for several state of the art operations. Dwight Woodbury started a sawmill in 1885 at the “new town.” Ezra Randall and Armsby Fowler filed claims and became known as the first settler of St. Francis. Throughout the last couple of years, a lot of land has been developed into residential homes. Some of the larger parcels are still being used to agricultural operations and the city has grown with many retail businesses. Within St. Francis there are commercial retail businesses consisting of County Market grocery store, Nova Care Rehabilitation, Anoka Hennepin Federal Credit Union, Village Bank, Bridge Street Coffee, St. Francis Physical Therapy, Verizon, St. Francis Eyecare, Fairview Medical Clinic, various restaurants, Pond’s Golf Course, American Legion, Anytime Fitness, chiropractic offices and other retailers. Northland Screw Products and Temperature Specialists have flourished in the city business climate. The Rum River County Park in St. Francis consists of 80 acres for camping, sightseeing and fishing including paved limestone aggregated biking/hiking trails. St. Francis has an annual Pioneer Days Festival that is a major attraction as well. City of Spring Lake Park The City of Spring Lake Park is located in Anoka County and Ramsey County at Latitude 45.10 N and Longitude 93.23 W, with an elevation of 915. Spring Lake Park is located in the Northern Minneapolis/St. Paul Metro Area. The City of Fridley to the south, the City of Blaine to the North, and the City of Coon Rapids to its west and the City of Mounds View to the east border Spring Lake Park. The City of Spring Lake Park is predominately a bedroom community with some light industry. The City of Spring Lake Park is home to approximately 6,234 residents and occupies slightly less than three square miles of Anoka County. Spring Lake Park is as close to a demographic image of the State of Minnesota as you’re likely to find. Browse the latest data from the 20 10 census and you’ll see Minnesota’s own Mini-Me. Spring Lake Park stands out as a veritable cross-section of the state, average enough to make even Sheriff Andy Taylor feel right at home. The city is largely made up of tree-lined streets with block after block of tidy ramblers, many built in the suburban rush of the 1950’s and 1960’s. There’s no room for exclusive grated subdivisions and there is no wrong side of the tracks. Spring Lake Park has some commercial and industrial development along Minnesota Highway 65, Minnesota Highway 47 and County Road 10 but has no downtown, no post office, no big shopping center, no library or hospital, though all are close in neighboring communities. From the late 1930’s to the early 1950’s, the area called Spring Lake Park was an area bounded to the west by the Mississippi River, north to the farm area of Blaine Township, east to the Turtle Lake area and south to Columbia Heights, in other words, the Spring lake Park area encompassed all of Fridley Township, part of Blaine and Mounds View. Spring Lake Park got its name from one of Bronson-Erickson Real Estate salesmen. Due to a leakage from the St. Paul Water Work’s Water Main, between Wood Lake and Osborne Road, (Spring Lake), the salesman thought it to be a spring fed lake and called it “Spring Lake.”