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Mound is a city in western Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,052 at the 2010 census . [ 3 ] Mound was the birthplace of the Tonka truck that is named after Lake Minnetonka , which the eastern part of town sits on.
Lost Lake is located entirely within the city limits of Mound, Minnesota.It is part of Lake Minnetonka and considered by the city of Mound to be important to its re-development plans with the hope being that boat users will increase its downtown business traffic. [1]
Mound Prairie Township is a township in Houston County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 661 at the 2000 census. The population was 661 at the 2000 census. History
Westonka is a portmanteau of "west" and "Minnetonka", referring to the towns around the west third of Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota, roughly 25 miles west of Minneapolis. Several small suburbs comprise the Westonka School District and Westonka is also used in the name of the local (Mound) library and other regional organizations, institutions ...
The first people who inhabited the Lake Minnetonka area were Indigenous peoples who migrated to the region at the end of the last ice age circa 8000 BCE.Later peoples who inhabited the area between 3500 BCE and 1500 CE are commonly referred to collectively as the "Mound Builders" because they constructed large land features serving spiritual, ceremonial, burial, and elite residential functions.
WPA crews built two dams on Mound Creek, creating Upper and Lower Mound Lake — 18 acres (7.3 ha) and 28 acres (11 ha) respectively — and facilities such as picnic grounds and a beach house. The 195-acre (79 ha) Mound Springs Recreational Reserve opened in 1937. In the 1950s trees were planted around the lakes and campground.
Halstead's Bay (sometimes spelled Halsted's) is the westernmost bay of Lake Minnetonka.It is in the cities of Minnetrista and Mound, in Hennepin County, Minnesota.It is named for the settler Frank W. Halsted, [1] who migrated to its shores in 1855.
For more about the Westonka area, visit westonkahistoricalsociety.org and the museum at 5341 Maywood Rd., Mound MN, open Saturdays, 10-2. 44°55′31″N 93°39′39″W / 44.92528°N 93.66083°W / 44.92528; -93