Civil Municipal - Mar 2024

EFINING OF The center of everything in a rural county B y most accepted standards, a “small town” is generally understood to be a municipality with a population of 2,500 to 5,000 people. A “village” has a population of about 1,000 to 2,500, and a “tiny village” has even less than that.With a population just above 2,700, Roseau, Minnesota, located a mere 10 miles south of the Canadian border, would be expected to fall somewhere in the small town/village category. And yet, Roseau is, indeed, 42 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 5, ISSUE 03