Big Lake is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
and
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...
(CDP) in
Perch Lake Township, Carlton County, Minnesota
Perch Lake Township is a township in Carlton County, Minnesota, Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 998 as of the 2000 United States Census, 2000 census. "Perch Lake" is probably an English translation of the Native Americ ...
, United States. Its population was 443 as of the
2010 census.
Carlton County Road 25 (Mission Road) and County 7 (Cary Road) are two of the main routes in the community. State Highway 210 (
MN 210) and the community of
Sawyer
*A sawyer (occupation) is someone who saws wood.
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Communities
* Sawyer, Kansas
* Sawyer, Kentucky
* Sawyer, Michigan
* Sawyer, Minnesota
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...
are both nearby.
Big Lake is located 10 miles west of
Cloquet.
Education
It is divided between the
Carlton School District
Carlton Independent School District 93, also known as Carlton School District or Carlton Public Schools, is a school district headquartered in Carlton, Minnesota. It operates two schools: South Terrace Elementary School (PK-5) and Carlton High ...
and the
Cloquet School District.
References
Census-designated places in Carlton County, Minnesota
Census-designated places in Minnesota
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