Welcome to Big Lake ...The city of Big Lake is located in Sherburne County<1>. While we don't have a date for the founding of Big Lake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855. A typical abbreviation for Big Lake: Big Lk. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Big Lake has a population of 11,238 people<2> (see below for details). Big Lake is 930 feet [283 m] above sea level.<3>. Time Zone: Big Lake lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Big Lake: 763 The ZIP code for Big Lake: 55309<4> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Big Lake had an population of 11,238 people. This is an increase of 11.71% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 85.35% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Big Lake had a population of 10,060 people (or 11.33% of the total population of Sherburne County). This makes Big Lake the county's 2nd most populous community. The population of Big Lake represents 0.19% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 95th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 10,060 people, the population of Big Lake increased 65.92% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,063 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Big Lake. Communities Also Named Big Lake ...Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 9 communities that are also named Big Lake - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Texas and Washington. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Big Lake. Websites for Big Lake ...Official Website: www.biglakemn.org/ Communities near Big Lake ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Big Lake.
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 Big Lake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Big Lake. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Big Lake. 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 Big Lake. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Big Lake. Our list includes 5 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Big Lake. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Big Lake ...Looking for more information about Big Lake? 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 Big Lake, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Big Lake. Adding Big Lake to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Big Lake 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 Big Lake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6> For more details, see References and Mentions for Big Lake. Footnotes ...
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