Circle Pines is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

[7] Lake Drive / County 23 serves as a main route in the community.

Circle Pines is approximately 17 miles from the heart of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metro area.

Circle Pines is a Plan A statutory city under Minnesota law.

Current council members include Steve McChesney, Dean Goldberg, Nici Dorner and Matt Percy.

Circle Pines was ranked as the third most perfect suburb to live in by CNBC in 2011 based on housing, education, crime, and employment.

The name was selected because the cooperative movement in the United States in the 1940s used a circle encompassing two pine trees as its symbol.

Their papers offer further insight into the origins of Circle Pines, Minnesota.

Articles and speeches, news clippings, correspondence, and photographs are available for research use.