Situated in southeastern Saint Louis County, in northeastern Minnesota, near the tip of Lake Superior, the city of Hermantown is a suburb of Duluth. The area was settled in 1867, when August Kohlts and Lambert Acker, both Prussian immigrants, filed for homesteads there, in what is now the Five Corners Road area. Working in Duluth, they traveled between Duluth and their homesteads on a Native American trail that would later become Piedmont Avenue and Hermantown Road. The area was lightly populated until just before World War II, when a new wave of homsteaders moved to the area with promises of subsistence homesteads, designed to move people from the cities to places where they could grow their own food during the depression years. The Jackson Project, completed in 1937, consisted of single-family homes built to be subsistence homesteads, each with a brick veneer farmhouse, and many with a garage-barn combination, and set on ten acres. Many of these homes are still in use, although improved upon. Hermantown was incorporated as a city in 1975, and absorbed the community of Adolph, in the southwestern corner of the city. Hermantown is served by US Highway 53, Minnesota Highway 194, and County Road 13, as well as several local roads. Duluth borders the city on the east, while Proctor and West Duluth are on the south. Other nearby communities include Arnold, Esko, Harney, Munger, and Twig, in Minneapolis, as well as Superior, Wisconsin, across the St. Louis Bay.
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Troop 106 is made up of boys, ages eleven to eighteen, from the Hermantown, Minnesota region. Chartered by the Church of St. Raphael, the youth organization is part of the Arrowhead District of the Voyageurs Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Basic information about the troop, regular meeting schedules, unit leadership, contacts, meeting schedules, and a calendar of events are included.
http://www.vac-bsa.org/Troop106HermantownMN/
The official municipal web site features a history and profile of the city, demographics, a photo gallery, and a city map, as well as council agendas and minutes, administrative contacts, and a guide to visitors and new residents, including area attractions and events, municipal services, and various reports and documents.
http://www.hermantownmn.com/
Operating a preschool, elementary school, and combined middle school and high school, the Hermantown, Minnesota public school district offers a PK-12th grade curriculum. A district calendar, staff directory, and access to various reports, brochures and other documents are featured.
http://www.hermantown.k12.mn.us/
The licensed, locally owned facility offers a variety of child care services in Hermantown, Minnesota, including programs for toddlers, preschoolers, and infants. Its location, office hours, contacts, and an overview of its services, options, and rates are put forth, and inquiries may be made through the site.
http://www.kidzkollegelearningcenter.com
Headquartered in Hermantown, Minnesota, the Voyageurs Area Council consists of the Arrowhead, Boundary Waters, Glacial Trails, and Northern Lakes districts of the Boy Scouts of America youth organization. General information about scouting and scouting programs, council data, training programs, and unit information are presented.
http://www.vac-bsa.org/