Carlton County, Minnesota

PO Box 190
Carlton, MN 55718
Phone: (218) 384-4281
Fax: (218) 384-9182
www.co.carlton.mn.us

On central-eastern border of MN, south of Duluth; established May 23, 1857 (prior to statehood) from Pine County. Name Origin: For Reuben B. Carlton (1812-62), farmer and blacksmith for Ojibway Indians and MN state legislator

Area (sq mi):: 875.23 (land 860.33; water 14.90) Population per square mile: 39.50
Population 2005: 34,026 State rank: 30 Population change: 2000-20005 7.40%; 1990-2000 8.20% Population 2000: 31,671 (White 91.30%; Black or African American 1.00%; Hispanic or Latino 0.80%; Asian 0.40%; Other 6.90%). Foreign born: 1.60%. Median age: 38.40
Income 2000: per capita $18,073; median household $40,021; Population below poverty level: 7.90% Personal per capita income (2000-2003): $23,911-$25,272
Unemployment (2004): 6.30% Unemployment change (from 2000): 0.50% Median travel time to work: 21.20 minutes Working outside county of residence: 31.90%

Cities with population over 10,000:

Cloquet (11,463)

See other counties in Minnesota.

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Such talks, stemming from her mother's work as jail administrator for the Carlton County sheriff and her grandfather's as a Duluth police detective, fueled Zauhar's interest in becoming a lawyer.

Breaking the Ice: Finding humanity, giving voice in criminal defense

Palombi was so interested in public health that she called her local health department, Carlton County Public Health and Human Services, to inquire about volunteering and it soon turned into an internship.

Public health, pharmacy joining forces for community health

I helped him cut wood and thresh grain all over Carlton County. Nothing to it," he says.

Hot metal & cold water: Canadian collector tries unorthodox cure

(AP) -- Carlton County Attorney Thom Pertler has resigned as an adjunct instructor at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College after he showed up to class intoxicated.

Adjunct who taught while drunk resigns

The Four Hills Of Life by co-authors Thomas Peacock (A professor of education at University OF Minnesota Duluth) and Marlene Wisuri (Director Of The Carlton County Historical Society in Cloquet, Minnesota) is a compilation of Ojibwe wisdom, especially as relating to the four stages of the journey of life - early childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.

The Four Hills Of Life

of South Florida) and photographer Wisuri (director, Carlton County Society, Minnesota) tell the Ojibwe story about the path people walk from birth to childhood, adolescence to adulthood, and old age to death.

The four hills of life; Ojibwe wisdom

I feel that I did not 'select' the soil and water discipline, rather I was just always meant to study and work with this type of engineering." During the summers of 2002 and 2003, Smith worked for the University of Minnesota Extension Service of Carlton County as a soil technician and research project leader.

Smith recipient of Merriam Scholarship

or less), garage or barn, in NE, north central, Carlton County or northern Pine County, MN.

Countryside contacts

The Carlton County Waste Transfer Station acts as a focal point for residential and commercial waste from Carlton County.

Innovative approach pays dividends in waste transfer operation

15, 1981, edition, were critical of how Carlton County, Minn., law-enforcement officials and courts handled cases involving battered women.

High court says Minn. paper need not pay