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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.

Annandale within Wright County

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

Population over time

3 figures

Annandale 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.

YearPeople Change
20022,684
20103,228+544 (+20%)
20203,330+102 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

7,339 words on this township

History 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 1998

Regional 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/undetermined1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 May 1998Natural3.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
12 April 2009Debris and open burning4.0 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named
27 October 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresMinnesota Department of Natural Resourcesnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wright County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anderson Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wright County

Storms near this place

38 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1997Thunderstorm WindAnnandale1 hurtOne woman critically injured when a tree branch was blown off a tree and struck her in the head.
July 2010HailAnnandale$50,000Several trained spotters reported numerous nickel, up to hen egg size hail from southwest of Annandale, to northeast of Cokato.
September 2005LightningAnnandale$20,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindAnnandale$15,000Multiple reports of blown down trees and power lines from Annandale, to northwest of Maple Lake, Minnesota.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Tree downed by thunderstorm winds.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Trees down in Annandale.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-A 50 foot boat was flipped, with several trees blown down east of Annandale.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-A large tree was blown down near Annandale that was blocking Highway 55.
May 2008HailAnnandale-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 2008HailAnnandale-Highway 55 and Kennedy Ave.
May 2008HailAnnandale-County Roads 39 and 24.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-A tree was downed across the intersection of County Road 36 and 80th Street.
May 2004HailAnnandale-Walnut sized hail was reported at Sugar Lake.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Tree down on road.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Trees down: one was partially blocking a road.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Shed and camper overturned. Few trees down. Grain bin dented. Damage occurred along south side of Cedar Lake.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Windows blown in.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Trees and power lines down. Estimated windspeed.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-Large tree blown down. Estimated windspeed and time.
June 2025HailAnnandale-no account filed
July 2016HailAnnandale-no account filed
July 2016HailAnnandale-no account filed
July 2011HailAnnandale-no account filed
May 2008HailAnnandale-no account filed
May 2008HailAnnandale-no account filed
May 2008HailAnnandale-no account filed
June 2007HailAnnandale-no account filed
June 2007HailAnnandale-no account filed
July 2007HailAnnandale-no account filed
May 2006HailAnnandale-no account filed
April 2004HailAnnandale-no account filed
May 2002HailAnnandale-no account filed
September 2002HailAnnandale-no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-no account filed
June 1999HailAnnandale-no account filed
September 1998HailAnnandale-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindAnnandale-no account filed
August 1994HailAnnandale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wright County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
West Albion4.7 miles10
South Haven5.1 miles10
French Lake5.4 miles10
Albion Center6.5 miles10
Maple Lake6.9 miles10
Silver Creek8.5 miles15
Albright9.2 miles10
Knapp9.3 miles10

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 AnnandaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q564511The 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.