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Crown, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
Crown, Minnesota
Crown, Minnesota
Location in Minnesota
Crown, Minnesota is located in the United States
Crown, Minnesota
Crown, Minnesota
Location in the United States
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Isanti
Township Stanford Township
Elevation
961 ft (293 m)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 763
GNIS feature ID 642513

Crown is an unincorporated community in Stanford Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located north of St. Francis.

Isanti County Roads 7 and 8 are two of the main routes in the community. State Highway 47 (MN 47) and U.S. Highway 169 are nearby.

History

Crown was founded in the late 19th century by primarily German immigrants as a farming community. Among the first residents in the area were families with the surnames of Grams, Whittlef (also spelled Wittlief and Wittlef), Stoeckel, Lemke, Hartfiel, and Hass. Frederick Wilhelm Grams (December 4, 1859 - May 5, 1918) was born in Friedentau, Germany. He immigrated to the USA and was one of the founders of Crown, Minnesota.

Crown had a creamery, three stores with bars, a blacksmith shop, a garage repair shop, and a German Lutheran Church and a Lutheran School. The Lemke family owned the community store from 1905 to 2005, when it was sold and renamed "Crown Gas and Goodies".

In 2008, a fire destroyed the County Line Bar and Grill, formerly Hierlinger’s general store, and the Farmers Cooperative Mercantile Company of West Stanford it reopened January 2013 at the same location. Crown now largely consists of the store, a bar, and Zion Lutheran Church and School one mile north of Crown.

Infrastructure

Transportation

  • US 169.svg United States Highway 169
  • MN-47.svg Minnesota State Highway 47
  • Isanti County 8 MN.svg Isanti County Road 8
  • Isanti County 7 MN.svg Isanti County Road 7
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