Carver County, Minnesota

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Location: Carver County, Minnesota
Surnames/tags: Carver_County_Minnesota US_HISTORY

Contents 1 Carver County, Minnesota 2 Maps and Boundaries 3 Communities 3.1 Cities 3.2 Townships 3.3 Unincorporated Towns 3.4 Ghost Towns 4 Lakes 5 Records and Resources 6 Sources

Carver County, Minnesota

Welcome to the Carver County, Minnesota project page!

Carver County, founded in 1855, is home to the Minnesota and Crow Rivers, along with 125 lakes. Located southwest of the Twin Cities, it is part of the seven-county metro area.^[1]

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Maps and Boundaries

• Wright County (north)
• Hennepin County (northeast)
• Scott County (southeast)
• Sibley County (southwest)
• McLeod County (west)

Communities

Cities

Carver

Chanhassen

Chaska

Cologne

Hamburg

Mayer

New Germany

Norwood Young America

Victoria

Waconia

Watertown

Townships

Benton Township

Camden Township

Dahlgren Township

Hancock Township

Hollywood Township

Laketown Township

San Francisco Township

Waconia Township

Watertown Township

Young America Township

Unincorporated Towns

Assumption

Augusta

Bongards

Coney Island

Dahlgren

East Union

Gotha

Maple

Oster

Ghost Towns

San Francisco

Lakes

Carver County is home to seven lakes, 235 acres or larger. Carver's largest and most notable lake is Lake Waconia. The lake is Minnesota's 73rd largest lake and the Twin Cities' second largest lake, with an area of 2,996 acres.

Records and Resources

• https://www.carvercountyhistoricalsociety.org/
• https://www.carverlib.org/
• https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery-browse/USA/Minnesota/Carver-County?id=county_1319
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Carver_County,_Minnesota
• http://www.mnopedia.org/place/carver-county

Sources

1. ↑ "Carver County." MNopedia. Accessed September 01, 2018. http://www.mnopedia.org/place/carver-county.