Editing Independence, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{For|the small community in northern Minnesota|Independence, St. Louis County, Minnesota}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Independence
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = 
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|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               = 
|image_map = Hennepin_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Independence_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of the city of Independence<br>within [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]], Minnesota
|image_map1               = 
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|subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Brad Spencer
|established_title        = Founded
|established_title2       = [[Municipal incorporation|Incorporated]]
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|established_date2        = 
|area_magnitude           = 
|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_total_km2           = 89.55
|area_total_sq_mi         = 34.58
|area_land_km2            = 84.00
|area_land_sq_mi          = 32.43
|area_water_km2           = 5.56
|area_water_sq_mi         = 2.15
|area_water_percent       = 
|area_urban_km2           = 
|area_urban_sq_mi         = 
|area_metro_km2           = 
|area_metro_sq_mi         = 
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 
|pop_est_as_of            = 
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_note          = 
|population_total         = 3755
|population_metro         = 3279833
|population_urban                 = 
|population_density_km2   = 44.70
|population_density_sq_mi = 115.78
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|Central]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = Central
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|coordinates              = {{coord|45|1|3|N|93|41|58|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_m              = 298
|elevation_ft             = 978
|website                  = [https://www.ci.independence.mn.us https://www.ci.independence.mn.us]
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 55357, 55359
|area_code                = [[Area code 763|763]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-30842<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2008-01-31 |title=U.S. Census website }}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 0645396<ref name="GR3">{{cite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov|access-date=2008-01-31|title=US Board on Geographic Names|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=2007-10-25}}</ref>
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
|unit_pref = Imperial
}}

'''Independence''' is a rural city in [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. Most of the city is agricultural land with dense woods and numerous lakes. It is named after Lake Independence, a large lake on the community's eastern boundary.

The population was 3,504 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table |work=American FactFinder |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 Census |access-date=23 April 2011 }}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> [[U.S. Route 12 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 12]] serves as a main route in the community.