Watertower, Silver Lake, Minnesota
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N 44° 54.148 W 094° 11.913
15T E 405375 N 4972814
Watertower in a small town.
Waymark Code: WM68NQ
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2009
Views: 6
Located in McLeod County, Minnesota, on MN Highway 7, this small community has a population of 800, as of July 2007. It has seen an increase in population by about 5% since the 2000 census.
As with most upper midwest towns, the ancestry of Silver Lake is made up of German, Polish, Czech, Norwegian, Irish, and French people,
The city invites everyone to visit and enjoy this wonderful City. Silver Lake has so much to offer its residents and visitors. For our residents the City is a small town with many of the big town amenities.
Two elementary schools offer great educational opportunities for young families. The community takes great pride in the fact that has its own Police, Fire, & Ambulance service. It brings great comfort and a sense of security to the residents to know that if ever needed, these services are only minutes away.
During the spring and summer months, there are many activities that range from hiking along the Luce Line Trail, relaxing by the Bruce Maresh Aquatic Center, enjoying some volleyball, basketball, or softball, or even throwing a ringer or two in the horseshoe pits. And as always, a great group of volunteers pull together and sponsor the “Music in the Park” on Thursday evenings which in turn leads us right into our annual “Pola-Czesky Days” celebration the first weekend of August. If you are fortunate enough to be around for this celebration, you will get to witness almost all of the city's great organizations in action.
There are also many activities that take place during the fall and winter months. Some of those events are the Sportsman’s Club Turtle Soup feed, a Free Will Thanksgiving Dinner for all, a Winter Festival that includes horse drawn rides, the Lake Associations’ Golf Tournament on Ice, the Lions Brunch, the ever growing St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the Civic Associations’ Vegas Night, and the list goes on and on.
The thing that will jump out at anyone that visits this fine city is the friendliness of the residents. The one word that best describes the people of the City Silver Lake is “Volunteerism”!!! All of these events mentioned above as well as many of the services are only possible because of these fine people and they do it in many different fashions. It ranges from volunteering hours and hours of their time, to maybe donating funds if needed, to even risking their lives on a daily basis so all of us can go to sleep at night knowing that if a difficult situation arises, we are in the best hands possible. No one could ask for anything more than that!
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