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Minnetonka (/ ˌ m ɪ n ɪ ˈ t ɒ ŋ k ə / MIN-i-TONG-kə) is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. A western suburb of the Twin Cities, Minnetonka is located about 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Minneapolis. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 53,781.
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Minnetonka is a suburb in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is...
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Minnetonka is a suburb in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is 9 miles to the west of Minneapolis. It is the eighteenth largest city in Minnesota. The name Minnetonka comes from the Dakota Sioux mni tanka, and it means "great water". It has a population of 53,781 as of the 2020 census.
Minnetonka has a long, proud history dating back to the mid-1800s, when the first settlement was established along Minnehaha Creek. In 1956, Minnetonka Township incorporated into a village. Minnetonka officially became a city in 1968.
LandmarkDate Designated13500 Excelsior Blvd.1996Martin Giesen House1996Charles & Mattie Mousseau Cabin1996Charles H. Burwell Property1996Minnetonka was founded in 1946 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where we are still based today. The company was named after nearby Lake Minnetonka; we later learned that “Minnetonka” means “great water” in the language of the Dakota Sioux tribe.
Brief History of Minnetonka. The word MINNETONKA has had different meanings to different people. Minne-tonka meant water-big to the Dakotah. To the pioneer it meant a township. Since World War I it has increasingly meant a suburb to families whose work require daily travel. Without the obstacles of marsh or bluffs, the present area of ...
Minnetonka is a suburban city of 54,000 people (2019) in the Twin Cities area. The city’s forests, wetlands, prairies and lakes give it a natural environment unlike that of other suburbs.
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Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ə ˈ s oʊ t ə / ⓘ MIN-ə-SOH-tə) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west.
