Virginia, Minnesota
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Virginia City. It lies in ZIP code area 55792. The Survey maps it on the Virginia quadrangle. 8,421 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,437 feet above sea level.
On record in Virginia
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 12 of 19 shown
B'nai Abraham Synagoguelisted 1980
W. T. Bailey Houselisted 1980
Church of St. John the Baptist (Catholic)listed 1980
Coates Houselisted 1980
Duluth, Winnipeg, and Pacific Depotlisted 1980
Finnish Saunalisted 1980
Jukola Boardinghouselisted 1982
LaSalle Apartmentslisted 2017
Charles Lenont Houselisted 1980
Lincoln School Buildinglisted 1978
Olcott Park Electric Fountain and Rock Gardenlisted 2017
St.Louis County District Courthouselisted 1992
Population over time
2 figuresVirginia fell from 8,712 to 8,421 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,712 | |
| 2020 | 8,421 | -291 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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 Virginia quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Vermillion Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Virginia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 433 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 69 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 69 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 71 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | JUNCTION 101 FIRE |
| 14 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Superior National Forest | PIKE MOUNTAIN |
| 7 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 20 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 181 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 181 workings within 5 miles of Virginia: 148 past producers, 25 producers, 4 prospects, 2 plants. 27 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn & Great Western Mines | Iron, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1894 | |
| Brunt Mine | Iron, Silica, Manganese, Aluminum, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | 1906 | |
| Cloquet Annex Reserve X-62 | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| El Jay #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Minorca Site Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Connie Mine | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1978 | |
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 17w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 18w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Rouchleau Group | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1943 | |
| Aad Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1904 |
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Virginia in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Lightning | Virginia | $50,000 | A home on the 200 block of 5th Street South in Virginia was struck by lightning around 4:55AM CDT causing extensive damage. The home's electrical system was heavily damaged along with heavy damage to the exterior of the home. Firefighters were on scene for about 3 hours surveying the extent of the damage. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Virginia | - | Streets were flooded with water up to the rims of an SUV about 5 inches deep. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A large pine tree was down across 5th Avenue in Virginia. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | A large tree was uprooted. |
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Numerous trees were blown down from Virginia, Mt. Iron, Ely, and Babbit. More trees and telephone poles were downed in the Vermilion Lake area at these specific locations: Birch Point, Mud Creek, Fraser Bay, and Pine Island. |
| August 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Trees were blown down from Virginia to Hibbing. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Trees were blown down. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Several trees were blown down at Little Lake Fourteen. Wind speed is estimated. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Streets in a four-block area were blocked by fallen trees. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | Thunderstorm winds toppled a 25-foot amateur radio antenna. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2012 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2011 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Virginia | - | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Virginia | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rainy Junction | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| West Virginia | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Midway | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Parkville | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Hopper | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Largo | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Eveleth | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Virginia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q986681 | 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 662719. 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.





