Lino Lakes (/ˈlaɪnoʊ ˈleɪks/ LY-noh LAYKS) is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States.

[6] When European settlers arrived, Native Americans already lived in and around the cluster of lakes that are now called Baldwin, Rice, Reshanau, Marshan, George Watch, Centerville, Peltier, and Rondeau.

The Dakota people found this to be a land of plenty, with abundant wild rice and small game.

White hunters and trappers began coming to the area from both Canada and the eastern states around 1850.

Those who settled on the lake's west side had names like Ramsden, Speiser, and Wenzel.

The east side was settled by families including the Cardinals, LaMottes, Houles and Dupres.

The town board decided to name the new village Lino Lakes.

[7] The area's first unit of local government was the township of Centerville, organized on August 11, 1857, and encompassing 36 square miles.

In the 1950s neighboring villages started annexing land from Centerville Township.

To protect the boundaries and allow for the financing of public improvements, the township residents voted to incorporate into a village.

[8] MetroNorth Chamber of Commerce president Lori Higgins said, "it makes the area appear unwelcoming.

"[9] In 2024, a large housing development project named Madinah Lakes was controversially blocked amid accusations of racism and segregation.