Aviva Directory » Local & Global » North America » United States » States » Minnesota » Cities & Towns » Brainerd

Brainerd, Minnesota, the county seat of Crow Wing County, is located on both sides of the Mississipi River a few miles above its confluence with the Crow Wing River. It was Ojibwe land and was founded in 1870 and named in honor of the daughter of the Northern Pacific Railroad president's daughter, Anne Eliza Brainerd Smith, and his father-in-law. It was incorporated as a city in 1873.

Regular Websites