Brunswick is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Kanabec County, Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, United States

United States

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. The community is located between Mora

Mora, Minnesota

Mora is a city in and the county seat of Kanabec County in the central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 23 and 65. The population was 3,571 at the 2010 census.-History:...

 and Rock Creek

Rock Creek, Minnesota

Rock Creek is a city in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,628 at the 2010 census. Portions of the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation is located within Rock Creek....

 at the junction of Minnesota State Highways 65

Minnesota State Highway 65

Minnesota State Highway 65 is a highway in east-central and northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Washington Avenue at the north end of downtown Minneapolis and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S...

 and 70

Minnesota State Highway 70

Minnesota State Highway 70 is a highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 65 in Brunswick and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line , where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 70 upon crossing the St...

. In 1977, the Minnesota Department of Transportation estimated the population of Brunswick as 80 people.

Brunswick, platted in 1856, is located within Brunswick Township

Brunswick Township, Minnesota

Brunswick Township is a township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,263 at the 2000 census. Originally called Grass Lake Township, it was renamed after the village of Brunswick, Minnesota, in 1883.-Geography:...

. The community is located in Section 1 of this township, but its history begins with the Hersey, Staples and Bean Lumber Company who had their logging headquarters in Section 12 of the township. George and Isaac Staples

Isaac Staples

Isaac Staples was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late 19th century.Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills and the St...

 platted the community's site, naming it after Brunswick, Maine

Brunswick, Maine

Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,278 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, , and the...

. With stores, post office and mills located in Brunswick, it became the county seat for Kanabec County on March 13, 1859. It remained as the county seat until the seat was transferred to Mora in 1883.