Editing Brainerd, Minnesota (section)

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Brainerd
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| image_skyline      = NP Shops 5.jpg
| imagesize          = 
| image_caption      = Northern Pacific Railroad Shops Historic District
| image_flag         = 
| flag_size          = 
| image_seal         = Brainerdlogo.jpg
| seal_size          = 120px
| image_shield       = 
| shield_size        = 
| image_blank_emblem = 
| blank_emblem_size  = 
<!-- Maps ----------------->
| image_map          = Crow Wing County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Brainerd Highlighted.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_caption        = Location within Crow Wing County
| image_map1         = 
| mapsize1           = 
| map_caption1       = 
| pushpin_map        = Minnesota#USA
| pushpin_relief     = 1
| pushpin_label      = Brainerd
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within Minnesota##Location within the United States
| pushpin_label_position = left
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Minnesota]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Crow Wing]]
<!-- Government ----------->
| government_footnotes = 
| government_type    = 
| leader_title       = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name = Lilly Carr<ref name="MayorsPage">{{cite web|title=StaffDirectory|url=https://www.ci.brainerd.mn.us/directory.aspx?EID=38|publisher=The City of Brainerd|accessdate=December 13, 2023}}</ref>
<!-- Area ----------------->
| established_title  = Founded
| established_date   = 1870
| established_title2 = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date2  = March 6, 1873<ref name="HistoryNotes">{{cite web|title=History Notes|url=https://www.ci.brainerd.mn.us/365/History-Notes|publisher=The City of Brainerd|accessdate=December 21, 2022}}</ref>
<!-- Area ----------------->
| unit_pref          = Imperial
| area_footnotes     = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
| area_magnitude     = 
| area_total_km2     = 33.21
| area_land_km2      = 31.42
| area_water_km2     = 1.79
| area_total_sq_mi   = 12.82
| area_land_sq_mi    = 12.13
| area_water_sq_mi   = 0.69
| area_water_percent = 5.78
| area_urban_km2     = 
| area_urban_sq_mi   = 
| area_metro_km2     = 
| area_metro_sq_mi   = 
<!-- Population ----------->
| population_as_of   = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est     = 14580
| pop_est_as_of      = 2022
| pop_est_footnotes  = <ref name="USCensusEst2022"/>
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
| population_total   = 14395
| population_density_km2 = 458.20
| population_density_sq_mi = 1186.73
<!-- General information -->
| timezone           = [[Central Time Zone|Central]]
| utc_offset         = -6
| timezone_DST       = CDT
| utc_offset_DST     = -5
| coordinates        = {{coord|46|21|29|N|94|12|03|W|region:US-MN|display=it}}
| elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft       = 1217
| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 56401
| area_code          = [[Area code 218|218]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 27-07300
| blank1_name        = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info        = 2394238<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2394238}}</ref>
| website            = {{URL|http://www.ci.brainerd.mn.us/|Official website}}
}}

'''Brainerd''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|r|eɪ|n|ər|d}} {{respell|BRAY|nərd}}) is a city and the [[county seat]] of [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota]], United States. Its population was 14,395 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=1600000US2707300 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=December 21, 2022}}</ref><ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=June 7, 2011 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=May 31, 2011}}</ref> Brainerd straddles the [[Mississippi River]] several miles upstream from its [[confluence]] with the [[Crow Wing River]], having been founded as a site for a railroad crossing above the confluence. Brainerd is the principal city of the [[Brainerd, Minnesota micropolitan area|Brainerd Micropolitan Area]], a [[United States micropolitan area|micropolitan area]] covering [[Cass County, Minnesota|Cass]] and [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Crow Wing]] counties and with a combined population of 96,189 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city is well known for being the partial setting of the 1996 film ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]''.<ref name="Dispatch"/>