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Manhattan Beach’s history is
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The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Manhattan Beach is a small city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States, near Crosslake. As of the 2020 census, Manhattan Beach had a population of 61. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 57 to 61 (+7%). Half of its homes were built before 1994.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Manhattan Beach yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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Famous people close to Manhattan Beach

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JHJoshua Norman HaldemanPequot Lakes · 12 miTerry BakerTerry BakerPine River · 12 mi
By decade

Manhattan Beach, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Manhattan Beach is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Manhattan Beach has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Wilford H. Fawcett House in Breezy Point, 10.5 miles away.

Manhattan Beach and the nearest listed places

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Wilford H. Fawcett HousePequot Fire Lookout TowerCole, A.L., Memorial BuildingBrainerd and Northern Minnesota-Minnesota and International Railway DepotH. H. Broach HouseMilford Mine Historic District

Closest to Manhattan Beach

Wilford H. Fawcett HouseBreezy Point · Building10.5miPequot Fire Lookout TowerPequot Lakes · Built 193411.7miCole, A.L., Memorial BuildingPequot Lakes · Building12.2miBrainerd and Northern Minnesota-Minnesota and International Railway DepotPine River · Building12.6miH. H. Broach HousePequot Lakes · Building12.8mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Wilford H. Fawcett House’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Manhattan Beach?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Manhattan Beach’s story, or a memory of it.
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National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.

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