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{{short description|Unincorporated community in Minnesota, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Merrifield
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|settlement_type = [[Census-designated place]] (CDP) and [[Unincorporated area#United States|Unincorporated community]]
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|map_caption = Location of the community of Merrifield<br>within Lake Edward Township, Crow Wing County
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|pushpin_map = Minnesota


|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name = United States
|subdivision_type1 = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Minnesota]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Crow Wing]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[List of townships in Minnesota|Township]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Lake Edward Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Lake Edward Township]]


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|unit_pref = Imperial
|area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref>
|area_magnitude =
|area_total_km2 = 1.41
|area_land_km2 = 1.41
|area_water_km2 = 0.00
|area_total_sq_mi = 0.54
|area_land_sq_mi = 0.54
|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00


|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census|2020]]
|population_footnotes =
|population_total = 140
|population_density_km2 = 99.59
|population_density_sq_mi = 257.83


|timezone = [[Central Time Zone|Central (CST)]]
|utc_offset = -6
|timezone_DST = CDT
|utc_offset_DST = -5
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|elevation_ft = 1221
|coordinates = {{coord|46|27|54|N|94|10|22|W|region:US-MN|display=inline,title}}


|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code = 56465
|area_code = [[Area code 218|218]]
|blank_name = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank_info = 647778<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|647778}}</ref>
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'''Merrifield''' is an [[Unincorporated area#United States|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Lake Edward Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Lake Edward Township]], [[Crow Wing County, Minnesota|Crow Wing County]], [[Minnesota]], United States, near [[Brainerd, Minnesota|Brainerd]]. It is along Crow Wing County Road 3 near County Road 127. Its population was 140 as of the [[United States Census, 2010|2010 census]].<ref name="GR8">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2011-05-14|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|2020= 140
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
}}

==History==
A post office called Merrifield has been in operation since 1899.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Crow+Wing | title=Crow Wing County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=10 May 2015}}</ref> The community was named for the original owner of the town site.<ref>{{cite book|author=Warren Upham|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n177 158]}}</ref>

==Education==
It is in [[Brainerd Public Schools]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27035_crow_wing/DC20SD_C27035.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Crow Wing County, MN|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2021-07-07}}</ref> The zoned high school is [[Brainerd High School (Minnesota)|Brainerd High School]].

==References==
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{{Crow Wing County, Minnesota}}
{{Brainerd micropolitan area}}

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[[Category:Census-designated places in Crow Wing County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Census-designated places in Minnesota]]

{{CrowWingCountyMN-geo-stub}}

Merrifield, Minnesota - Revision history

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