Linwood Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota
unorganized territory of St. Louis County, Minnesota
Linwood Lake is an unorganized territory in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 54 at the 2000 census.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 107.9 square miles (279.4 km2), of which 101.2 square miles (262.2 km2) is land and 6.7 square miles (17.2 km2) (6.17%) is water.
Demographics
At the 2000 United States census there were 54 people, 24 households, and 19 families living in the unorganized territory. The population density was 0.5 inhabitants per square mile (0.19/km2). There were 324 housing units at an average density of 3.2 per square mile (1.2/km2). The racial makeup of the unorganized territory was 100.00% White.
Of the 24 households 16.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 75.0% were married couples living together, and 20.8% were non-families. 16.7% of households were one person and 8.3% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.25 and the average family size was 2.53.
The public source identifies “Linwood Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota” as unorganized territory of St. Louis County, Minnesota. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Linwood, Lake and Louis.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Linwood Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota”, the useful work is to connect “unorganized territory of St. Louis County, Minnesota” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6555170. Authority coordinates are 47.271, -92.154. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2000.
Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
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This entry incorporates text from “Linwood Lake, St. Louis County, Minnesota” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.