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Princeton, Minnesota
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<p>Princeton is a city in <a href="/facts/Mille_Lacs_County%2c_Minnesota/brhCRcFf">Mille Lacs</a> and <a href="/facts/Sherburne_County%2c_Minnesota/VN2G1lng">Sherburne</a> counties in the <a href="/facts/U.S._state/PFwcRIYQ">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/facts/Minnesota/ncgVuC4Q">Minnesota</a>, at the junction of the <a href="/facts/Rum_River/cm2WrTLe">Rum River</a> and its West Branch. It is 50 miles (80 km) north of <a href="/facts/Minneapolis/gEsXsP3d">Minneapolis</a> and 30 miles (48 km) east of <a href="/facts/St._Cloud%2c_Minnesota/eJ2seoFg">St. Cloud</a>, at the intersection of Highways <a href="/facts/U.S._Route_169_in_Minnesota/ds37PvJQ">169</a> and <a href="/facts/Minnesota_State_Highway_95/U98Lxegb">95</a>. The population was 4,819 at the <a href="/facts/2020_United_States_census/dTEm5TRr">2020 census</a> and an estimated 5,311 in 2022. A majority of its residents live in Mille Lacs County. </p>