Hilltop, Minnesota
| Hilltop, Minnesota | |
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| City | |
Hilltop City Hall
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| Motto: "Little City With A Big Heart" | |
 Location of the city of Hilltop within Anoka County, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates: 45°3′8″N 93°14′58″W / 45.05222°N 93.24944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Anoka |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jerry Murphy |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2) |
| • Land | 0.12 sq mi (0.31 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 948 ft (289 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 744 |
| • Estimate (2014) | 738 |
| • Density | 6,200.0/sq mi (2,393.8/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 55421 |
| Area code(s) | 763 |
| FIPS code | 27-29258 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0645019 |
Hilltop is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 744 at the 2010 census.
The city is a small enclave within the city of Columbia Heights and consists of 16 city blocks. Minnesota State Highway 65 (Central Avenue) serves as a main route, running on the town's eastern edge.
The majority of the town's residents live in the 263 mobile homes, across four trailer parks, that sit within the city's borders. Hilltop is one of only two incorporated cities in America that consist primarily of manufactured housing; the second is another Twin Cities suburb of Landfall, Minnesota.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.12 square miles (0.31 km2), all of it land.
Hilltop is an enclave within Columbia Heights—that is, entirely surrounded on all borders by Columbia Heights.
The land where Hilltop exists was originally an unincorporated part of the former Fridley Township, a civil township next to the city of Fridley. The land had a dairy farm and later was the Oak Grove Riding Academy and Stables. The first trailer park, Trailer City, opened on the land in the 1940s; another park, Sunnyside, soon opened next door. Residents of two trailer parks became concerned that the township was planning to remove the mobile homes. In 1956, led by Trailer City Park owner Les Johnson, they approached neighboring Columbia Heights and requested to be annexed by the city. Columbia Heights turned down their request, so Johnson circulated a petition to have the residents vote on incorporation. The petition for incorporation passed smoothly, 137 to 34, and Hilltop was created.
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