Annandale, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Annandale City. It lies in ZIP code area 55302. The Survey maps it on the Annandale quadrangle. 3,330 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,070 feet above sea level.
On record in Annandale
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
St. Mark's Episcopal Chapellisted 1979
Thayer Hotellisted 1978
Population over time
3 figuresAnnandale grew from 2,684 to 3,330 between 2002 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2,684 | |
| 2010 | 3,228 | +544 (+20%) |
| 2020 | 3,330 | +102 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1951 USGS Annandale quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Cloud quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Annandale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Litchfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
7,339 words on this townshipHistory of Wright County, Minnesota Volume II, published 1915 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Annandale City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Annandale City - 7,339 words.
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Annandale between 1998 and 2009, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 12 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 October 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Annandale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
38 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Annandale in 38 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 22 hail, 15 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | 1 hurt | One woman critically injured when a tree branch was blown off a tree and struck her in the head. |
| July 2010 | Hail | Annandale | $50,000 | Several trained spotters reported numerous nickel, up to hen egg size hail from southwest of Annandale, to northeast of Cokato. |
| September 2005 | Lightning | Annandale | $20,000 | A home on Maple Avenue suffered an electrical fire after being struck by lightning. Damage to electrical appliances, wiring, and attic insulation totaled $20,000. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | $15,000 | Multiple reports of blown down trees and power lines from Annandale, to northwest of Maple Lake, Minnesota. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Tree downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Trees down in Annandale. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | A 50 foot boat was flipped, with several trees blown down east of Annandale. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | A large tree was blown down near Annandale that was blocking Highway 55. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Annandale | - | Approximately 800 homes in and around Annandale were damaged due to hail, according to Dwight Gunnarson, general manager of Huber Construction Co., which was tasked for repairing many of the damaged homes. Information provided by the Annandale Advocate newspaper. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Annandale | - | Highway 55 and Kennedy Ave. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Annandale | - | County Roads 39 and 24. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | A tree was downed across the intersection of County Road 36 and 80th Street. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Annandale | - | Walnut sized hail was reported at Sugar Lake. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Tree down on road. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Trees down: one was partially blocking a road. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Shed and camper overturned. Few trees down. Grain bin dented. Damage occurred along south side of Cedar Lake. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Windows blown in. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | Large tree blown down. Estimated windspeed and time. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| July 2007 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Annandale | - | no account filed |
| August 1994 | Hail | Annandale | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Albion | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| South Haven | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| French Lake | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Albion Center | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Maple Lake | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Silver Creek | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Albright | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Knapp | 9.3 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Annandale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q564511 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 639390. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





