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44-806: Gull Lake may refer to: Native American entities [ edit ] Gull Lake Indian Reservation , located near Brainerd, Minnesota , surrounding Gull Lake Gull Lake Band of Mississippi Chippewa , whose descendants are located on the White Earth Indian Reservation Lakes [ edit ] Canada [ edit ] Gull Lake (Ontario) Gull Lake (Alberta) Gull Lake (Newfoundland) Gull Lake (Nova Scotia) Goéland Lake , Québec (English: Gull Lake) United States [ edit ] Gull Lake (Michigan) Gull Lake (Cass County, Minnesota) Gull Lake (McKeever, Herkimer County, New York) South Georgia and

88-531: A Superior Court and Sheriff (as an officer of the court ), both located in a designated "shire town". Bennington County, Vermont has two shire towns; the court for "North Shire" is in the shire town Manchester , and the Sheriff for the county and court for "South Shire" are in the shire town Bennington. In 2024, Connecticut , which had not defined their counties for anything but statistical, historical and weather warning purposes since 1960, along with ending

132-410: A county seat may be an independent city surrounded by, but not part of, the county of which it is the administrative center; for example, Fairfax City is both the county seat of Fairfax County, Virginia and completely surrounded by Fairfax County, but the city is politically independent of the county. When the county seat is in the independent city, government offices such as the courthouse may be in

176-667: A county was the magistrate , who oversaw both the day-to-day operations of the county as well as civil and criminal cases. The current number of counties mostly resembled that of the later years of the Qing dynasty . Changes of location and names of counties in Chinese history have been a major field of research in Chinese historical geography, especially from the 1960s to the 1980s. There are 1,355 counties in Mainland China out of

220-492: A railroad town: in the 1920s roughly 90% of Brainerd residents were dependent on the railroad. Participation in the nationwide railroad strike on July 1, 1922, left most Brainerd residents unemployed and embittered many of those involved. On October 27, 1933, the First National Bank of Brainerd became briefly famous when it was held up by Baby Face Nelson and his gang. Over the years, increased efficiency and

264-581: A total of 2,851 county-level divisions. In Taiwan , the first counties were first established in 1661 by the Kingdom of Tungning . The later ruler Qing empire inherited this type of administrative divisions. With the increase of Han Chinese population in Taiwan, the number of counties also grew by time. By the end of Qing era, there were 11 counties in Taiwan. Protestant missionaries in China first romanized

308-625: Is a local community and technical college offering associates degrees and technical certificates. It is part of the Minnesota State Colleges system. Radio stations and television channels in the Brainerd Lakes area: The following routes are in the Brainerd area: Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport serves the area with commercial airline service on Delta Connection and three cargo airlines . The 1996 film Fargo

352-598: Is a section of Middle Township , an incorporated municipality. In some states, often those that were among the original Thirteen Colonies , county seats include or formerly included "Court House" as part of their name, such as Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia . Most counties have only one county seat. However, some counties in Alabama , Arkansas , Georgia , Iowa , Kentucky , Massachusetts , Mississippi , Missouri , New Hampshire , New York , and Vermont have two or more county seats, usually located on opposite sides of

396-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Brainerd, Minnesota Brainerd ( / ˈ b r eɪ n ər d / BRAY -nərd ) is a city and the county seat of Crow Wing County, Minnesota , United States. Its population was 14,395 at the 2020 census . Brainerd straddles the Mississippi River several miles upstream from its confluence with

440-473: Is land and 0.73 square miles (1.89 km ) is water. Brainerd has been assigned ZIP code 56401 by the USPS . Brainerd has a humid continental climate ( Köppen Dfb ) with vast seasonal differences. Summers are warm, and occasionally hot, with high humidity, whereas winters are often severely cold. The Burlington Northern (Brainerd/Baxter) United States Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site

484-417: Is on the boundary between Brainerd and Baxter. The site served as a Burlington Northern Railroad tie treatment plant from 1907 to 1985. During that time, wastewater generated from the wood-treating process was sent to two shallow, unlined ponds. This created a toxic sludge that contaminated both the underlying soils and the groundwater with creosote and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). As of

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528-416: Is supported by many local and national organizations, as well as people in the community. Brainerd Public Schools is the local school district. Brainerd High School is the local high school, and the district also hosts an alternative high school, and online classes. Alternative schools in Brainerd include Discovery Woods Charter School (K-6) and St Francis Catholic School (K-8). Central Lakes College

572-549: The Crow Wing River , having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence. Brainerd is the principal city of the Brainerd Micropolitan Area , a micropolitan area covering Cass and Crow Wing counties and with a combined population of 96,189 at the 2020 census . The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film Fargo . The area that is now Brainerd

616-542: The Sui dynasty abolished the commandery level (郡 jùn), which was the level just above counties, and demoted some commanderies to counties. In Imperial China, the county was a significant administrative unit because it marked the lowest level of the imperial bureaucratic structure; in other words, it was the lowest level that the government reached. Government below the county level was often undertaken through informal non-bureaucratic means, varying between dynasties. The head of

660-522: The United States , a county is an administrative or political subdivision of a state that consists of a geographic area with specific boundaries and usually some level of governmental authority. The city, town, or populated place that houses county government is known as the seat of its county. Generally, the county legislature, county courthouse, sheriff's department headquarters, hall of records, jail and correctional facility are located in

704-428: The census of 2020, the population was 14,395. The population density was 1,186.7 inhabitants per square mile (458.2/km ). There were 6,473 housing units at an average density of 533.6 units per square mile (206.0 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 88.6% White , 2.2% Native American , 1.6% Black or African American , 0.7% Asian , 0.8% from other races , and 6.1% from two or more races. Ethnically,

748-692: The South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory) [ edit ] Gull Lake, South Georgia Places [ edit ] Gull Lake, Alberta , a summer village in Alberta, Canada Gull Lake, Manitoba , a hamlet in Rural Municipality of Alexander , Manitoba, Canada Gull Lake, Saskatchewan , a town in Saskatchewan, Canada Rural Municipality of Gull Lake No. 139 , the rural municipality that surrounds

792-798: The administrative centers of the counties in the People's Republic of China . Xian have existed since the Warring States period and were set up nationwide by the Qin dynasty . The number of counties in China proper gradually increased from dynasty to dynasty. As Qin Shi Huang reorganized the counties after his unification, there were about 1,000. Under the Eastern Han dynasty , the number of counties increased to above 1,000. About 1400 existed when

836-574: The area, better known as the Brainerd Lakes. Brainerd itself is now heavily developed into commercial and residential areas and has seen an uptick in development in recent years. Brainerd is just north of Minnesota's geographical center, in a relatively hilly terminal moraine area created by the Superior Lobe of the Labradorian ice sheet. The town occupies land on both sides of the Mississippi River , though its older parts are almost all to

880-726: The better positioning of the more centralized Livingston , Montana , shops led to a decline in the importance of a railroad station that once employed over 1,000 and serviced locomotives for the whole Northern Pacific line. The BNSF Railway (successor to the Northern Pacific) continues to employ approximately 70 people in Brainerd at a maintenance-of-way equipment shop that repairs and maintains track and equipment. The former Northern Pacific railway station has been converted to breweries, coffee shops, and event centers available to rent for special occasions. The Northwest Paper Company built Brainerd's first paper mill in 1903 and with

924-444: The city. The population density was 1,652.8 inhabitants per square mile (638.1/km ). There were 5,847 housing units at an average density of 733.3 units per square mile (283.1 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 95.83% White , 0.71% African American , 1.44% Native American , 0.46% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 0.26% from other races , and 1.29% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.86% of

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968-495: The county seat is the entire county. Ellicott City , the county seat of Howard County, Maryland , is the largest unincorporated county seat in the United States, followed by Towson , the county seat of Baltimore County, Maryland . Likewise, some county seats may not be incorporated in their own right, but are located within incorporated municipalities. For example, Cape May Court House, New Jersey , though unincorporated,

1012-491: The county seat, though some functions (such as highway maintenance, which usually requires a large garage for vehicles, along with asphalt and salt storage facilities) may also be located or conducted in other parts of the county, especially if it is geographically large. A county seat is usually an incorporated municipality . The exceptions include the county seats of counties that have no incorporated municipalities within their borders, such as Arlington County, Virginia , where

1056-420: The county. Examples include Harrison County, Mississippi , which has both Biloxi and Gulfport as county seats, and Hinds County, Mississippi , which has both Raymond and the state capital of Jackson . The practice of multiple county seat towns dates from the days when travel was difficult. There have been few efforts to eliminate the two-seat arrangement, since a county seat is a source of civic pride for

1100-634: The east. Though the city itself has relatively few lakes, there are over 460 lakes within 25 miles (40 km) of Brainerd, mostly to the north. For this reason, Crow Wing County and parts of the adjoining counties are often collectively called the Brainerd Lakes Area despite most of the lakes existing closer to Nisswa. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 12.66 square miles (32.79 km ), of which 11.91 square miles (30.85 km )

1144-514: The festival's mission is to connect the nation's best performers and audiences through excellent classical music and inspiring education. There are educational programs for children in the area with musicians from across the world and high-caliber concerts that are free to the public. The Lakes Area Music Festival, through its Outreach initiative, brings classical music into areas that normally do not get concerts. Among these are public libraries, women's shelters, and correctional facilities. The program

1188-625: The independent city under an agreement, such as in Albemarle , or may in be enclaves of the county surrounded by the independent city, such as in Fairfax . Others, such as Prince William , have the courthouse in an enclave surrounded by the independent city and have the county government, the Board of Supervisors, in a different part of the county, far from the county seat. The following counties have their county seat in an independent city: Bedford

1232-576: The population was 2.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race. As of the census of 2010, there were 13,590 people, 5,851 households, and 3,069 families living in the city. The population density was 1,141.1 inhabitants per square mile (440.6/km ). There were 6,390 housing units at an average density of 536.5 units per square mile (207.1 units/km ). The racial makeup of the city was 93.5% White , 1.2% African American , 1.6% Native American , 0.3% Asian , 0.4% from other races , and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.8% of

1276-442: The population. There were 5,851 households, of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.7% were married couples living together, 15.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.5% were non-families. 37.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 14.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

1320-475: The population. 31.4% were of German , 28.1% were Finnish , 17.7% Norwegian , 7.1% Swedish , 6.8% Irish , and 6.1% United States or American ancestry. There were 5,623 households, of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were married couples living together, 14.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.0% were non-families. 37.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.8% had someone living alone who

1364-777: The state's area, has no borough government or borough seat. One borough, the Lake and Peninsula Borough , has its borough seat located in another borough, namely King Salmon in Bristol Bay Borough . In Louisiana , which is divided into parishes rather than counties, county seats are referred to as "parish seats". In New England , counties have served mainly as dividing lines for the states' judicial systems. Rhode Island has no county level of government and thus no county seats, and Massachusetts has dissolved many but not all of its county governments. In Vermont , Massachusetts , and Maine county government consists only of

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1408-453: The steady increase in tourism since the early 20th century the paper and service industries have become Brainerd's primary employers. The town's coating mill was sold by Potlatch to Missota Paper in 2003 and then by Missota Paper to Wausau Paper in 2004. It is now used as a small industrial center called Brainerd Industrial Center (BIC). Due to the many lakes in the area, Brainerd is a popular summertime destination for those owning cabins in

1452-580: The term as hien . When Taiwan became a Japanese colony in 1895, the hierarchy of divisions also incorporated into the Japanese system in the period when Taiwan was under Japanese rule. By September 1945, Taiwan was divided into 8 prefectures ( 州 and 廳 ), which remained after the Republic of China took over. There are 13 county seats in Taiwan, which function as county-administered cities , urban townships , or rural townships . In most of

1496-688: The town Administrative features [ edit ] Gull Lake (electoral district) , a former electoral district in Saskatchewan , Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Gull Lake . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gull_Lake&oldid=1152544872 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1540-416: The towns involved, along with providing employment opportunities. There are 33 counties with multiple county seats in 11 states: Alaska is divided into boroughs rather than counties; the county seat in these case is referred to as the "borough seat"; this includes six consolidated city-borough governments (one of which is styled as a "municipality"). The Unorganized Borough, Alaska , which covers 49% of

1584-503: The two Ojibwe was never proven. Brainerd was the idea of Northern Pacific railroad president John Gregory Smith , who in 1870 named the township after his wife, Anne Eliza Brainerd Smith , and father-in-law, Lawrence Brainerd . The company built a bridge over the Mississippi seven miles north of Crow Wing Village and used the Brainerd station as a machine and car shop, prompting many to move north and abandon Crow Wing. Brainerd

1628-544: The use of county seats in particular, will fully transition with the permission of the United States Census Bureau to a system of councils of government for the purposes of boundary definition and as county equivalents. Two counties in South Dakota , Oglala Lakota and Todd , have their county seat and government services centered in a neighboring county. Their county-level services are provided by Fall River County and Tripp County , respectively. In Virginia ,

1672-462: Was $ 26,901, and the median family income was $ 35,212. Males had a median income of $ 27,677 versus $ 21,217 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 15,744. About 11.8% of families and 17.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 20.5% of those under age 18 and 16.0% of those age 65 or over. The Brainerd Lakes Area has a classical music festival during the summers called Lakes Area Music Festival. According to its website,

1716-436: Was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.92. The median age in the city was 32.2 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 12.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.5% were from 25 to 44; 20.5% were from 45 to 64, and 15.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.6% male and 52.4% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 13,178 people, 5,623 households and 3,036 families living in

1760-423: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.23 and the average family size was 2.94. Age distribution was 25.1% under the age of 18, 13.7% from 18 to 24, 26.3% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.4 males. The median household income

1804-477: Was formerly Ojibwe territory. Brainerd was first seen by European settlers on Christmas Day in 1805, when Zebulon Pike stopped there while searching for the headwaters of the Mississippi River . Crow Wing Village, a fur and logging community near Fort Ripley , brought settlers to the area in the mid-19th century. In those early years, the relationship between the settlers and the Native Americans

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1848-455: Was fraught. The most famous example of this tenuous relationship was the "Blueberry War" of 1872. Two Ojibwe were hanged for allegedly murdering a missing girl. When a group of Ojibwe approached the town, troops from Fort Ripley were called to prevent a potential reprisal. As it turned out, the Ojibwe only wanted to sell blueberries and the settlers avoided a bloody misunderstanding. The guilt of

1892-464: Was organized as a city on March 6, 1873. On January 11, 1876, the state legislature revoked Brainerd's charter for six years, in reaction to the election of local handyman Thomas Lanihan as mayor instead of Judge C.B. Sleeper. Brainerd functioned as a township in the interim. In 1881, the railroad, and with it the town, expanded. Lumber and paper, as well as agriculture in general, were important early industries, but for many decades Brainerd remained

1936-430: Was set partly in Brainerd. County seat In Canada , the provinces of Ontario , Quebec , New Brunswick , Prince Edward Island , and Nova Scotia have counties as an administrative division of government below the provincial level, and thus county seats. In the provinces of Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia the term "shire town" is used in place of county seat. County seats in China are

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