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<br />Anoka County Multi- Jurisdictional
<br />All Hazards Mitigation Plan
<br />settlement" west of the lakes, the "Swede settlement" south of the lakes, and the "French
<br />settlement" east of the lakes.
<br />In the 1950s neighboring villages started annexing land away from Centerville Township. To
<br />protect the boundaries and allow for the financing of public improvements, the residents of the
<br />township voted to incorporate into a village. Several names were suggested for the new village,
<br />and most contained the word "lakes." Although the origin of the word "Lino" is unknown, a Lino
<br />post office operated for about 10 years in the late 1800s. The town board decided to name the
<br />new village "Lino Lakes."
<br />On May 11, 1955, the new Village of Lino Lakes was incorporated. The village covered the
<br />original Centerville Township, with the exception of the Village of Centerville. At incorporation,
<br />the new village was comprised of 21,000 acres of land, and 1,800 citizens. In 1972, the State
<br />Legislature passed a law changing all Minnesota villages to cities, hence Lino Lakes' current
<br />status.
<br />Town of Linwood
<br />Linwood Township at Latitude 45.37 N and Longitude -93.08 W, is a thirty -six square mile
<br />community in the northeast corner of Anoka County, and has an elevation of 892 feet.
<br />Linwood Township first settled in 1855 and organized in 1871, received its name from Linwood
<br />Lake, the largest and most attractive one in a series or chain of ten or more lakes extending
<br />from northeast to southwest through this township and onward to Ham Lake. The name
<br />doubtless refers to the Lin tree or linden. Our American species (Tilia Americana), usually called
<br />basswood, is abundant here and is common or frequent through nearly all this state. The
<br />township had a post office between 1865 -1903, in section 8, as well as a number of small
<br />businesses, a general store, and a Methodist church.
<br />A series of lakes, tributary in its northern part to the Sunrise River and at the south to Coon
<br />Creek, lies in Linwood, Bethel, and Ham Lake Townships. This series includes from northeast to
<br />southwest Typo Lake and Lake Martin; Island Lake, named for its island; Linwood Lake, giving
<br />its name to the township; Boot Lake, named from its outline; Rice Lake, having wild rice; Coon
<br />Lake and Little Coon Lake, named, like the creek, for raccoons, formerly much hunted here; and
<br />Lake Netta and Ham Lake, the latter, as before noted, being named from its form and giving
<br />name also to its township.
<br />Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area is located in the southern and eastern areas of the
<br />township. There are three major lakes located in the Township. Linwood has been a community
<br />consisting of family farms and cabins located around the three major lakes. The farmland is in
<br />the process of being developed to residential homes and the cabins around the lakes have been
<br />converted to permanent homes.
<br />City of Oak Grove
<br />The City of Oak Grove is a community in the northwestern quadrant of Anoka County at Latitude
<br />45.34 N and Longitude -93.33 W. It has a land area of 33.7 square miles and an elevation of
<br />915 feet. Its 22,700 acres are bounded by the City of Andover, Burns Township, City of East
<br />Bethel, and City of St. Francis. The principal water features within the City include the Rum
<br />River, Cedar Creek, Seelye Brook, and Lake George. Oak Grove was primarily a farming
<br />community, but has evolved into an ex -urban bedroom community.
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