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Welcome to Sleepy Eye ...The city of Sleepy Eye is located in Brown County<1>. The location of Sleepy Eye has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Sleepy Eye, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Sleepy Eye has a population of 3,353 people<3> (see below for details). Sleepy Eye is 1,020 feet [311 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Sleepy Eye lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Sleepy Eye is located in the (507) area code. The ZIP code for Sleepy Eye: 56085<5> Websites for Sleepy Eye ...Official Website: www.sleepyeye-mn.com/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Sleepy Eye had an population of 3,353 people. This is a decrease of 6.84% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 4.61% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Sleepy Eye had a population of 3,599 people (or 13.9% of the total population of Brown County). This makes Sleepy Eye the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Sleepy Eye represents 0.07% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 183rd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 3,599 people, the population of Sleepy Eye increased 2.39% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 3,515 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Sleepy Eye. Communities near Sleepy Eye ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Sleepy Eye.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Sleepy Eye. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Sleepy Eye. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Sleepy Eye. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Sleepy Eye. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Sleepy Eye. Our list includes 8 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Sleepy Eye. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sleepy Eye ...Looking for more information about Sleepy Eye? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Sleepy Eye, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Sleepy Eye. Adding Sleepy Eye to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Sleepy Eye in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Sleepy Eye was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> We also found Sleepy Eye in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895). For more details, see References and Mentions for Sleepy Eye. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Sleepy Eye: www.sleepyeye-mn.com/ The official website for Brown County: www.co.brown.mn.us/ The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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