Hinckley, Minnesota
Videos
Hinckley is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States, located at the junction of Interstate 35 and Minnesota State Highway 48. The population was 1,904 at the 2020 census.
Main Street in downtown Hinckley in 2007
The Hinckley Fire Museum and Hinckley water tower
Great Hinckley Fire
Videos
The Great Hinckley Fire was a conflagration in the pine forests of the U.S. state of Minnesota that ignited on September 1, 1894, which burned an area of at least 200,000 acres, including the town of
Hinckley, Minnesota
…located along the Grindstone River. Portions of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation are located within and adjacent to Hinckley. On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire killed more than 400 people. Hinckley is generally considered the halfway point on Interstate 35 between Minneapolis–Saint Paul and Duluth…
Hinckley, Minnesota after the 1894 fire
Eastern Minnesota Railway #105 (Ed Barry's Engine)
Great Northern Railway #125 (William Best's Engine)
The Hinckley Fire Museum