Mineral Center is an

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, United States; located five miles west of the community of

Grand Portage Grand Portage National Monument is a U.S. National Monument, United States National Monument located on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota that preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritag ...

. The community is located at the intersection of Cook County Road 89 and Cook County Road 17 (Mineral Center Road). Mineral Center is located within the

Grand Portage Indian Reservation The Grand Portage Indian Reservation (Ojibwe language: Gichi-onigamiing) is the Indian reservation of the Grand Portage Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, a federally recognized tribe in Minnesota. The reservation is in Cook County near the tip of ...

Education

All of the county is zoned to

Cook County ISD 166 Cook County ISD 166, also known as Cook County Schools, is a school district headquartered in Grand Marais, Minnesota. It is in northeast Minnesota. The square mileage is . Its service area is all of Cook County. History In 2021 the school board ...

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Minnesota DOT The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT, ) oversees transportation by all modes including land, water, air, rail, walking and bicycling in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The cabinet-level agency is responsible for maintaining the state' ...

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