Milan, Minnesota
city in Minnesota, United States
Milan ( MY-lən) is a city in northwest Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 428 at the 2020 census.
History
Milan was platted in 1880, and incorporated in 1893. The city was named after Milan, Italy. A post office called Milan has been in operation since 1879.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.23 square miles (3.19 km2), of which 1.22 square miles (3.16 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water.
U.S. Route 59 and Minnesota State Highway 7 (co-signed); and Minnesota State Highway 40 are two of the main routes in the community.
Climate
Demographics
Since the mid-2000s Milan has been a destination for many Micronesian immigrants, who are allowed to move freely to the United States due to the Compact of Free Association between the two countries, but have few legal pathways to citizenship and permanent residency. A third to a half of Milan's population is estimated to be Micronesian, most of them ethnic Chuukese.
2010 census
As of the census of 2010, there were 369 people, 150 households, and 90 families living in the city.
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