The name “Lino Lakes” is unique and, according to the United States Geological Service, only one community by that name exists—the one located in Anoka County, Minnesota.

Unusual names most often have unusual origins and this story begins at a meeting in a small room in Tim Manning’s barber shop in 1955. The community, then called Centerville Township, would begin its life as a newly incorporated village and needed a name.

Read More