Welcome to Aitkin ...The city of Aitkin is located in Aitkin County<1> and is the County Seat for Aitkin County. The pronunciation of Aitkin: AY-kin<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Aitkin, you might consider that their post office opened in 1872. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Aitkin has a population of 1,980 people<3> (see below for details). Aitkin is 1,210 feet [369 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Aitkin lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Aitkin: 218 The ZIP code for Aitkin: 56431<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Aitkin had an population of 1,980 people. This is a decrease of 8.55% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 0.2% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Aitkin had a population of 2,165 people (which is 13.36% of the total population of Aitkin County). This makes Aitkin the county's most populous community. The population of Aitkin represents 0.04% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 248th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 2,165 people, the population of Aitkin increased 9.12% from the 2000 Census (which had a count of 1,984 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Aitkin. Websites for Aitkin ...Official Website: www.ci.aitkin.mn.us/ Communities near Aitkin ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Aitkin.
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 Aitkin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Aitkin. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Aitkin. 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 Aitkin. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Aitkin. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Aitkin. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Aitkin ...Looking for more information about Aitkin? 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 Aitkin, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Aitkin. Adding Aitkin to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Aitkin 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 (so far) for Aitkin was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Aitkin. Footnotes ...
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