The Beautiful City of Blaine, Minnesota, 55449

Hi my name is Duayne Weir I am a local Real Estate Professional.This post is about Blaine, Minnesota the history the demographics and information on this beautiful growing city. If you are interested in buying or selling your home or want more information http://www.duayneweir.com/ or give me a call: 612-363-2739 and we can get together for a cup of java and a smile :)

History:

Phillip Laddy was the first settler from Ireland to call Blaine his home. He lived near a lake at the time and now that lake bears his name Laddie Lake, that was in 1862. In 1877 that was when Blaine became an official township until then it was considered a part of Anoka. Moses Ripley was elected the first Chairman of the board of supervisors. Ripley who was from Maine had convinced fellow board members to name the new town in honer of James G. Blaine, a senator and three time presidential canidate from Maine.

Blaine had a population of 128 people in 1880 an didn't really grow until after World War II mainly because the land was sandy and mostly wetland. It was good hunting land but discouraged farmers from moving in.

Blaine had a large growth from 1950 to 1970 where it grew from 1,694 to 20,640 residents. Many people were attracted to the area once Minneapolis and St.Paul started to grow because it gave them wide open space to live in and it was only a short distance to downtown.Then by 2005 the population was estimated to be over 54,000 and growing  with many new housing projects and business' in the area.

Demographics:

Population (year 2000): 44,942. Estimated population in July 2005: 54,084 (+20.3% change)
Males: 22,494 (50.1%), Females: 22,448 (49.9%)

Median resident age: 32.7 years
Median household income: $59,219 (year 2000)
Median house value: $125,600 (year 2000)

Races in Blaine:

• White Non-Hispanic (92.6%)
• Two or more races (1.7%)
• Hispanic (1.7%)
• American Indian (1.3%)
• Black (0.9%)
• Other race (0.7%)
• Vietnamese (0.7%)
• Other Asian (0.7%)

Ancestries: German (38.3%), Norwegian (17.6%), Irish (12.6%), Swedish (12.5%), Polish (6.6%), English (5.9%).

Elevation: 900 feet

Land area: 33.9 square miles

Links to Blaine:

Local Weather in Blaine

City of Blaine Website

Blaine Parks

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