Editing Princeton, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Princeton, Minnesota
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = "A Growing Community on the Rum River"<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.princetonmn.org/|title= City of Princeton Minnesota |publisher= City of Princeton Minnesota |access-date= October 9, 2012}}</ref>
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|image_skyline            = GN Depot Princeton 3.jpg
|imagesize                = 250px
|image_caption            = The [[Great Northern Depot (Princeton, Minnesota)|Great Northern Depot]] served Princeton on the [[Great Northern Railway (U.S.)|Great Northern Railway]] until 1976.
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               = 
<!-- Maps ----------------->
|image_map                = Mille_Lacs_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Princeton_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location within [[Mille Lacs County, Minnesota|Mille Lacs County]] in the state of [[Minnesota]]
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             = 
<!-- Location ------------->
|subdivision_type         = Country
|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Minnesota|Counties]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Mille Lacs County, Minnesota|Mille Lacs]], [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne]]
<!-- Government ----------->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Thom Walker<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.princetonmn.org/services/city_council.php| title=Mayor & City Council| publisher=City of Princeton, Minnesota| access-date=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = March 3, 1877
<!-- Area ----------------->
|unit_pref                = Imperial
|area_footnotes           = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2023">{{cite web |title=2023 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Minnesota |url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2023_Gazetteer/2023_gaz_place_27.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=January 26, 2024}}</ref>
|area_total_km2           = 
|area_land_km2            = 
|area_water_km2           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 5.15
|area_land_sq_mi          = 4.93
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.22
<!-- Population ----------->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_footnotes     = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
|population_total         = 4819
|pop_est_as_of            = 2022
|pop_est_footnotes        = <ref name="USCensusEst2022"/>
|population_est           = 5311
|population_density_km2   = 
|population_density_sq_mi = 1076.8 <!--2022 est.-->
<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[Central Time Zone|Central]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 981
|coordinates              = {{coord|45|34|06|N|93|35|24|W|region:US-MN|display=inline}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 55371
|area_code                = [[Area code 763|763]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-52522<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=January 31, 2008|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2396279<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2396279}}</ref>
|website                  = {{URL|www.princetonmn.org}}
|footnotes                = 
}}

'''Princeton''' is a city in [[Mille Lacs County, Minnesota|Mille Lacs]] and [[Sherburne County, Minnesota|Sherburne]] counties in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Minnesota]], at the junction of the [[Rum River]] and its West Branch. It is {{convert|50|mi}} north of [[Minneapolis]] and {{convert|30|mi}} east of [[St. Cloud, Minnesota|St. Cloud]], at the intersection of Highways [[U.S. Route 169 in Minnesota|169]] and [[Minnesota State Highway 95|95]]. The population was 4,819 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2752522 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref> and an estimated 5,311 in 2022.<ref name="USCensusEst2022"/> A majority of its residents live in Mille Lacs County.