Circle Pines, Minnesota
| Circle Pines, Minnesota | |
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Circle Pines City Hall
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 Location of the city of Circle Pines within Anoka County, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 45°8′42″N 93°9′5″W / 45.14500°N 93.15139°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Anoka |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.97 sq mi (5.10 km2) |
| • Land | 1.78 sq mi (4.61 km2) |
| • Water | 0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2) |
| Elevation | 909 ft (277 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 4,918 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 4,944 |
| • Density | 2,762.9/sq mi (1,066.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 55014 |
| Area code(s) | 763 |
| FIPS code | 27-11494 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0641229 |
| Website | www.ci.circle-pines.mn.us |
Circle Pines is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,918 at the 2010 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.97 square miles (5.10 km2), of which, 1.78 square miles (4.61 km2) is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km2) is water.
Lake Drive / County 23 serves as a main route in the community. Interstate 35W is in close proximity to the city.
Rice Creek flows through the city.
Independent School District #12 serves the community of Circle Pines and the surrounding cities of Blaine, Lino Lakes, Centerville, and Lexington. Children in Circle Pines attend Centennial Elementary or Golden Lake Elementary before continuing their education at Centennial Middle School and Centennial High School.
Circle Pines is a Plan A statutory city under Minnesota law. The Circle Pines mayor is elected for a two-year term and city council members for a four-year term.
The current Mayor of Circle Pines is Dave Bartholomay. Current council members include Mike Schweigert, Deb O'Brien, Rich Runbeck and Matt Percy. The current City Administrator is Patrick Antonen, who is responsible for running the city on a day-to-day basis.
Circle Pines is served by the Centennial School District, the Centennial Lakes Police Department, and the Centennial Fire Department.
Circle Pines was ranked as the 3rd most perfect suburb to live in by CNBC in 2011 based on housing, education, crime, and employment.
Circle Pines was founded as a planned cooperative community in which homeowners owned equal shares in the cooperative association which owned and developed the community. The name was selected because the cooperative movement in the United States in the 1940s used a circle encompassing two pine trees as its symbol. Although the community is no longer governed as a co–op, a municipally–owned gas utility remains as an operational memorial to Circle Pines' community heritage.
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