Willmar may refer to:
Places
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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 ...
, United States
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Willmar Air Force Station
Willmar Air Force Station (ADC ID: SM-139) is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is located northwest of Willmar, Minnesota. It was closed in 1961.
History
Willmar Air Force Station was initially part of P ...
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Willmar Municipal Airport
Willmar Municipal Airport , also known as John L. Rice Field, is a city-owned public-use airport located west of the central business district of Willmar, a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The airport opened in 2006 and is ...
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Willmar Township, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
Willmar Township is a township in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 661 at the 2000 census.
History
Willmar Township was organized in 1870, and named for Willmar, its largest settlement. Reuben William Felt (1903-1 ...
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Willmars
Willmars is a municipality in the district of Rhön-Grabfeld in Bavaria in Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, ...
, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany
People
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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.
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(1792–1866), Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Companies
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Willmar Windows
JELD-WEN is an American company with its headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. The company operates more than 120 manufacturing facilities in 19 countries. JELD-WEN designs, produces and distributes interior and exterior doors, wood, vinyl a ...
, a Canadian division of Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors
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Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway The Willmar and Sioux Falls Railway ran between Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and 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.
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Sports
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Willmar Stingers
The Willmar Stingers are a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, a Collegiate summer baseball, collegiate summer baseball league. The Stingers played their inaugural season in 2010. The team plays its home games at Bill Taunton Stadium ...
, a summer collegiate baseball team based in Willmar, Minnesota
Other
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Willmar 8
The Willmar 8 were eight female employees of the Citizens National Bank in Willmar, Minnesota, USA who went on strike on December 16, 1977 over charges of sex discrimination. The tellers and bookkeepers were protesting unequal pay and unequal oppo ...
, 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
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Wilmar (disambiguation)
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