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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
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.
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 ...
Today, Cook's Bay has a public boat launch located at the park, and the old Mound Depot relocated in 1967. For more about the Westonka area, visit westonkahistoricalsociety.org and the museum at 5341 Maywood Rd., Mound MN, open Saturdays, 10-2.
Approximately 120 miles (190 km) of US 61 from La Crescent to Cottage Grove in southeast Minnesota is officially designated the Disabled American Veterans Highway. Legally, the Minnesota section of US 61 is defined as unmarked legislative routes 3, 104, 102 and 1 in the Minnesota Statutes. US 61 is not marked with these legislative numbers ...
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.