Crown is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

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 in Stanford Township, Isanti County

Isanti County, Minnesota

As of the census of 2010, there were 37,816 people, 14,331 households, and 8,415 families residing in the county. The population density was 71 people per square mile . There were 12,062 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile...

, Minnesota

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, United States

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The community is located north of St. Francis

St. Francis, Minnesota

As of the census of 2009, there were 7,298 people, 1,638 households, and 1,300 families residing in the city. The population density was 210.6 people per square mile . There were 1,686 housing units at an average density of 72.3 per square mile...

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Isanti County Roads 7 and 8 are two of the main routes in the community. State Highway 47

Minnesota State Highway 47

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 and U.S. Highway 169

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are nearby.

History

Crown was founded in the late 1800s by primarily German immigrants. It had a creamery, two stores with bars, a blacksmith shop, a car repair shop and a German Lutheran Church.

The Lemke family owned the remaining 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 Herlinger's general store); it has not reopened. Crown largely consists of the store and the Zion Lutheran Church and School one mile north of the town.