Brainerd

Also known as Brainerd, Minnesota, Brainerd, MN

city in Minnesota, United States

Key facts

Country: United States
State: Minnesota
County: Crow Wing
Incorporated: March 6, 1873
Mayor: Dave Badeaux
Total: 12.82 sq mi (33.21 km )
Land: 12.13 sq mi (31.42 km )
Water: 0.69 sq mi (1.79 km ) 5.78%
Elevation: 1,217 ft (371 m)
Estimate 2022: 14,580
Density: 1,187/sq mi (458.2/km )
Demonym: Brainerdier
Time zone: UTC-6 ( Central )
Summer dst: UTC-5 (CDT)
Fips code: 27-07300
Website: Official website

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Brainerd
Population: 14395
Area: 32.712627
Elevation: 371
Official website: www.ci.brainerd.mn.us
Image: Northern Pacific Railroad Shops Historic District.jpg
Households: 6012
Dialing code: 218

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inception: 1870-00-00
Commons category: Brainerd, Minnesota
postal code: 56401
P8168: Ileana Cotrubaș
water as percent of area: 5.7472
per capita income: 25319

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Brainerd (/ˈbreɪnərd/ BRAY-nərd) is a city in 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 the Crow Wing River, having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence.

The Brainerd micropolitan area includes Cass and Crow Wing counties and had a population of 96,189 at the 2020 census. The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film Fargo.