Champlin (/ˈtʃæmplən/ CHAMP-lən)[6] is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.

U.S. Highway 169 and Hennepin County Road 12 (CR 12) are two of the main routes in Champlin.

Champlin lies along the Mississippi River, surrounded by the cities of Anoka, Dayton, Brooklyn Park, Maple Grove and Coon Rapids, 18 miles (29 km) northwest of Minneapolis.

[7] The average elevation is 875 feet (267 m) above sea level, and the Mississippi River is approximately one-eighth of a mile wide throughout Champlin.

Charles Miles created the first permanent settlement in what came to be named Marshall Township.

Cook never resided in Champlin, but he was involved in real estate transactions there and in its incorporation.

It served approximately 350 students in the 1st through 5th grades each year—about 1/3 as many as the newer Oxbow Creek Elementary, about 3 miles (4.8 km) away.

It closed in 2010, due to financial cuts in the district, and has been put up for sale by the city.

It merged with Riverview Elementary School to make the Champlin–Brooklyn Academy of Math and Environmental Science.

Champlin Park High receives students directly from Jackson Middle School.

In 2006, Jackson Middle School built an observatory, which hosts public viewing nights and provides astronomy education to both its and other Anoka–Hennepin students.

Oxbow Creek Elementary provides educational services to 1,090 students in kindergarten through 5th grades.

Champlin is managed on a daily basis by the city administrator and subordinate department heads.

Champlin police officers are dispatched via the Hennepin County Sheriff's Department Communication Division in Golden Valley.

The Anoka-Champlin Fire Department moved to the Champlin Public Safety Facility in 2008.

[10] Each year, generally on the second weekend in June, Champlin holds the Father Hennepin Festival.

The Champlin Mill Pond is within city limits on the northeast corner of 169 and Hayden Lake Road.

It is stocked with several species of panfish by the Minnesota DNR, and has a fishing pier, pavilion and park with picnic tables and grills.