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Shevlin is a city in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 137 at the 2020 census.

Shevlin city overview:
Name:	Shevlin city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Clearwater County
Elevation:	1,453 ft (443 m)
Total Area:	0.81 sq mi (2.08 km²)
Land Area:	0.81 sq mi (2.08 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	137
Population Density:	170.19/sq mi (65.74/km²)
ZIP code:	56676
Area code:	218
FIPS code:	2759782
GNISfeature ID:	0659763

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History

Shevlin was founded as a logging camp in the late 19th century. The town was named after Thomas H. Shevlin (1852-1912), a lumber baron. Shevlin resides in Clearwater County which seceded from Beltrami County. Shortly after Shevlin made a bid to be the county seat for the new county but the town’s folk were defeated in the general election and the county seat went Bagley. Boasting a robust economy the streets of Shevlin were lined with shops, blacksmiths, saloons, hotels, casinos, brothels, and livery stables, a fire claimed most of these buildings in 1904 and again in 1911. Other businesses have made Shevlin their base of operations as well. They include Shevlin cooperative creamery, the locker plant, a saw mill, The co-op oil station, a box factory, several general, hardware and drug stores, three saloons a couple of restaurants, a newspaper, a millinery, barbershop, and doctors’ offices. The local Ojibwe needing a name to call this new community in the area started to call Shevlin as Gwaaba’andaawangaakwa’igaang meaning “at where one is shoveling sand” where “shoveling” was a play on words with the City’s English name.