Editing Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| image_caption      = Downtown Pequot Lakes
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| subdivision_name2  = [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Crow Wing]]

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| leader_name        = Tyler Gardner
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| population_total   = 2395
| population_density_km2 = 56.51
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| postal_code        = 56472
| area_code          = [[Area code 218|218]]
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| website            = [http://www.pequotlakes-mn.gov/ www.pequotlakes-mn.gov]
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'''Pequot Lakes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|iː|k|w|ɑː|t|_|ˈ|l|eɪ|k|s}} {{respell|PEE|kwaht|_|LAYKS}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |title=Minnesota Pronunciation Guide |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194213/http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> is a city in [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota]], United States. The population was 2,395 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 Census]] . It is part of the [[Brainerd micropolitan area]].

==History==
[[Image:Pequot Lakes 1.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The water tower in Pequot Lakes is decorated like a fishing bobber.]]
Pequot Lakes was [[plat]]ted in March 1900. It was named by a postal official for the first Indian-sounding name he thought of, which is the name of a tribe of Algonquian Indians in eastern Connecticut. A post office was established at Pequot Lakes in 1896.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ho23eS5qjNgC&pg=PA161|year=2001|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87351-396-8|page=161}}</ref>

According to the [https://web.archive.org/web/20060619081140/http://explorebrainerdlakes.com/community/city/pl/history.htm Pequot Lakes Heritage Preservation Commission], the city once called Sibley and Frogtown was renamed as Pequot. In 1900, Walter and Flora Brown filed their plat for the E 1/2 of the SW 1/4 section 10 in T136N-R29W under the title Pequot. The [[Pequot]] Indians are a tribe that used to dominate southeastern New England before the English colonists arrived. While no Pequot tribe members lived in Minnesota, they spoke an [[Algonquian languages|Algonquian]] language related to that of the local [[Chippewa]] ([[Ojibwe]]) tribes. Author Herman Melville named his lead ship in  his novel ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' as the ''Pequod''.

Two possible explanations for the town's name arise:

1. The local historian Carl Zapffe suggests that a variation of the Chippewa word for arrow (''bikwas''), as listed by Father Barroga in his Chippewa dictionary, gave rise to the word Pequot.

2. In a 1936 interview, Laurence Anderson, who moved to the town in the mid-1890s, gave the following explanation. "A daughter of 'Waubanaquot,' Chief of the White Earth tribe, was named 'O-Pequot' and lived north of the town on the north end of Sibley Lake. She graciously allowed her dugout home to be used as a school and a church for the early settlers of the town. When she died, she was buried in the town cemetery."{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

Because there was already a town named Sibley in southwest Minnesota, the U.S. Post Office said the second Sibley had to take a new name. In any event, the town officially became Pequot Lakes in 1902.

On June 4, 2002, the former Sibley Township was absorbed into the City of Pequot Lakes.

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|18.15|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|16.43|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|1.81|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220065340/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2011-02-20}}</ref>

Pequot Lakes is part of the Brainerd Lakes Area.

Most of the current area of Pequot Lakes was gained through an annexation of the entirety of the surrounding former [[Sibley Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Sibley Township]] on June 4, 2002.<ref>[http://www.mba.state.mn.us/Scanned%20OA%20Main%20Agreements/OA-826_Original_Agreement.pdf State of Minnesota, Office of Administrative Hearings]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 260
|1920= 419
|1930= 488
|1940= 514
|1950= 552
|1960= 461
|1970= 499
|1980= 681
|1990= 843
|2000= 947
|2010= 2162
|2020= 2395
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref><br>2013 Estimate<ref name="2013 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2013/SUB-EST2013-3.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2014-07-14}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,162 people, 955 households, and 576 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|132.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,392 housing units at an average density of {{convert|85.2|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.8% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.3% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 955 households, of which 28.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.7% were non-families. 34.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.26 and the average family size was 2.89.

The median age in the city was 40.6 years. 24.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.1% were from 25 to 44; 26.7% were from 45 to 64; and 18.5%

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 947 people, 479 households, and 231 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|653.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 564 housing units at an average density of {{convert|389.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.10% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.06% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.32% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.32% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.11% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 0.11% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.74% of the population.

There were 479 households, out of which 23.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 51.6% were non-families. 47.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 24.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.96 and the average family size was 2.81.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 24.8% from 25 to 44, 19.5% from 45 to 64, and 23.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 78.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 76.7 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $23,813, and the median income for a family was $35,000. Males had a median income of $28,355 versus $18,816 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,275. About 11.5% of families and 14.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 15.9% of those under age 18 and 12.0% of those age 65 or over.

==Arts and culture==

===Festival===
A tradition beginning in 1938, Pequot Lakes annually hosts the Bean Hole Days festival in July. It is centered around an old tradition of cooking beans in pots in pits. The festival originally began when store owners in the town hosted a bean feed for the local farmers, and the tradition continued. Over the years, new traditions were created, such as giving pots Scandinavian names like Ole and Sven, and electing a Bean Hole Days "King" and "Queen."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mprnews.org/story/2014/07/10/beanhole-days-festival|title = In Pequot Lakes, beans make for summer fun}}</ref>

==Infrastructure==

===Transportation===
Minnesota Highway [[Minnesota State Highway 371|371]] had served as a main route in the city, until a bypass was put in and the previously named Highway 371 was renamed Patriot Ave. after the local high school sports team. Other routes include County Roads 11, 16, 17, 29, and 112.

==Education==
[[Pequot Lakes Public Schools]] is the local school district. [[Pequot Lakes High School]] is the local high school.

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}} 
*[http://www.pequotlakes-mn.gov/ City of Pequot Lakes, MN – Official Website]
*[http://www.pequotlakes.com/ Pequot Lakes, MN – Visitor Information site]

{{Crow Wing County, Minnesota}}
{{Brainerd micropolitan area}}

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[[Category:Cities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Cities in Crow Wing County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Brainerd, Minnesota micropolitan area]]