Map of Princeton city, Minnesota

Princeton is a city in Mille Lacs and Sherburne counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota, at the junction of the Rum River and its West branch. It is 50 miles north of Minneapolis and 30 miles east of St. Cloud, at the intersection of Highways 169 and 95. The population was 4,819 at the 2020 census. A majority of its residents live in Mille Lacs County.

Princeton city overview:
Name:	Princeton city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Mille Lacs County, Sherburne County
Elevation:	981 ft (299 m)
Total Area:	5.06 sq mi (13.10 km²)
Land Area:	4.84 sq mi (12.53 km²)
Water Area:	0.22 sq mi (0.57 km²)
Total Population:	4,819
Population Density:	996.07/sq mi (384.56/km²)
ZIP code:	55371
Area code:	763
FIPS code:	2752522
GNISfeature ID:	0649738
Website:	princetonmn.org

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History

In the winter of 1855 Samuel Ross, Jame W. Gillian, Dorilus Morrison, John S. Prince and Richard Chute platted the town of Princeton. The plat was officially recorded on April 19, 1856.

Lumbering

Princeton’s location near the junction of the Rum River and its West branch was critical to the town’s development. In 1847, Daniel Stanchfield led an expedition to explore the Rum River. The group discovered vast white pine forests upstream from Princeton’s future site along the Rum River, the West Branch Rum River, and their tributaries. Three sawmills were built in Princeton between 1856 and 1867. Lumbermen floated logs down the Rum River to the Princeton mills, though most of the logs passed through Princeton to mills in Minneapolis.

Brickmaking

Brick-making was another important industry in the Princeton area. The industry developed about two miles northeast of Princeton near beds of clay. A community known as Brickton formed in the location. From 1889 through the late 1920s several brickyards operated in Brickton, collectively producing as many as 20 million bricks per year. When the brick industry declined, Brickton ceased to exist. “Years after the last brick had been shipped from Brickton, specifications in contracts for construction of public buildings often stated that it should be of Princeton brick or of equally good quality.”

Other

Other important industries in Princeton’s early years included: wheat farming (before potatoes became primary), potato farming, starch production, dairy, and distilled spirits production, in which the town’s distillery continues to play a key role.

The Princeton Farmers Market has been a seasonal mainstay since 1988.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.18 square miles (13.42 km); 4.96 square miles (12.85 km) is land and 0.22 square miles (0.57 km) is water.