Editing Proctor, Minnesota (section)

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                     = Proctor
|official_name            = City of Proctor
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
|nickname                 = 
|motto                    = You Have a Place in Proctor{{citation needed|date= January 2024}}

<!-- Images -->
|image_skyline            = Downtown Proctor MN.jpg
|imagesize                = 
|image_caption            = Downtown Proctor along [[U.S. Route 2 in Minnesota|U.S. Highway 2]]
|image_flag               = 
|image_seal               =

<!-- Maps -->
|image_map = St._Louis_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Proctor_Highlighted.svg
|mapsize                  = 250px
|map_caption              = Location of the city of Proctor<br>within [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Saint Louis County, Minnesota]]
|image_map1               = 
|mapsize1                 = 
|map_caption1             =

<!-- Location -->
|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        = [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Saint Louis]]

<!-- Government -->
|government_footnotes     = 
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = 
|leader_name              = 
|leader_title1            = 
|leader_name1             = 
|established_title        = 
|established_date         =

<!-- 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           = 8.71
|area_land_km2            = 8.71
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi         = 3.36
|area_land_sq_mi          = 3.36
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00

<!-- Population -->
|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
|population_est           = 
|pop_est_as_of            = 
|population_footnotes     = 
|population_total         = 3120
|population_density_km2   = 358.39
|population_density_sq_mi = 928.30

<!-- General information -->
|timezone                 = [[North American Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset               = -6
|timezone_DST             = CDT
|utc_offset_DST           = -5
|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_m              = 
|elevation_ft             = 1247
|coordinates              = {{coord|46|44|36|N|92|13|32|W|region:US-MN|display=inline}}
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]s
|postal_code              = 55810
|area_code                = [[Area code 218|218]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 27-52630<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              = 0662232<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|662232}}</ref>
|blank2_name              = Public transit
|blank2_info              =
|website                  = [http://www.ci.proctor.mn.us/ www.ci.proctor.mn.us]
|footnotes                = 
|pop_est_footnotes = 
}}
'''Proctor''' is a city in [[St. Louis County, Minnesota|Saint Louis County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. Established in 1894, the town was named after former [[Kentucky]] [[Governor]] [[J. Proctor Knott]]. It is part of the [[Duluth MN–WI Metropolitan Area|Duluth Metropolitan Area]]. The population was 3,120 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/all?q=Proctor+city,+Minnesota |access-date=2023-01-30 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>