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Willmar (other)
Willmar may refer to: Places *Willmar, Minnesota, United States ** Willmar Air Force Station **Willmar Municipal Airport ** Willmar Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota * Willmars, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany People *Jean-Jacques Willmar Jean-Jacques Madeleine Willmar (6 March 1792 – 20 November 1866) was a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. An Orangist, he was the second Prime Minister of Luxembourg, serving for five years, from 6 December 1848 until 23 September 1853. ... (1792–1866), Prime Minister of Luxembourg Companies * Willmar Windows, a Canadian division of Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors * Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway Sports * Willmar Stingers, a summer collegiate baseball team based in Willmar, Minnesota Other * Willmar 8, the name given to a group of women from Willmar, Minnesota who went on strike in 1977 to protest sexual discrimination by their employer. A documentary of the same name was released in 1981. See also * Wilmar (other) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willmar, Minnesota
Willmar is a city in, and the county seat of, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 21,015 at the 2020 census. History Agricultural expansion and the establishment of Willmar as a division point on the Great Northern Railway determined its growth. The first settlers arrived during the 1850s, attracted to the fertile land and an abundance of timber and game. The Dakota War of 1862 left the township abandoned for several years. The advent of the railroad in Kandiyohi County in 1869 brought new settlers. Many were of Swedish and Norwegian origin; residents of Scandinavian heritage are still a majority. In 1870, Leon (Chadwick) Willmar, a Belgian acting as an agent for the European bondholder of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, purchased the title to Section 1 of Willmar Township. Willmar was established as the county seat in 1871 and was incorporated as a village in 1874 and as a city in 1901. Willmar was the site of a bank robbery by the Machine Gun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
