About Long Lake, Minnesota
| Population: |
1932 |
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| Median Income: |
$66,241 |
| Average Age: |
36.7 |
| School District: |
Orono - 278 |
| Parks: |
Holbrook
Greenglen
Nelson/Lakeside
Dexter
Hardin
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| Mayor: |
Randy Gilbert |
| Councilman: |
Sharon Henderson |
| Councilman: |
Sam Rettinger |
| Councilman: |
Brian Carpenter
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| Councilman: |
Liz Olson
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Long Lake
It wasn't a case of the train leaving the station but the threat of the station itself leaving that moved residents of what is now Long Lake to incorporate as a village 91 years ago.
Back then Long Lake was a farm-to-market type town, and it built up along the railroad tracks, so nobody wanted the depot to move. They petitioned, and once it became a village, the depot couldn't move. Even today Long Lake remains a commercial hub for a predominantly rural area. Long Lake is like the downtown for Orono.
Covering just 1 square mile, the city of Long Lake is surrounded by the city of Orono. Children from Long Lake attend schools in the Orono district. The two cities have cooperative agreements covering various services including police and fire protection. Because Long Lake has a post office, some Orono residents and businesses have a Long Lake address.
While the two cities seem closely related, the truth is they're vastly different places. Where Orono has bigger homes and a 2 acre minimum lot size and much more rural atmosphere, Long Lake has smaller lots, multi- family housing and more reasonable home prices. There are four parks in Long Lake and the Luce Line, a rails-to-trails hiking and biking trail, runs just south of the city. Long Lake is also home to the Pioneer museum run by the West Hennepin County Pioneer association.
