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Mendota Heights (/ m ɛ n ˈ d oʊ t ə / men-DOH-tə) [4] is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a first-ring southern suburb of the Twin Cities . The population was 11,744 at the 2020 census .
The Sibley Historic Site is the site of Henry Hastings Sibley's home, who was the regional manager of the American Fur Company and Minnesota's first governor. It is one of the 26 historical sites that are operated by the Minnesota Historical Society.
The Trust for Public Land purchased 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) in 2005, and sold it to the City of Mendota Heights. [12] The purchase was a collaborative effort by the Trust ($120,000), the city of Mendota Heights ($400,000), the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ($1,050,000), Dakota County ($400,000), and the Pilot Knob Preservation Association.
Two Rivers High School (formerly known as Henry Sibley High School), in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, United States, was founded in 1954. The school was built in 1971 to serve students in grades 9–12. Today, it serves students in grades 9–12 and houses the district’s administrative offices.
Mendota (/ m ɛ n ˈ d oʊ t ə / men-DOH-tə) [4] is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, bdóte, which in Dakota tradition is the center of the world. The word in this use means "the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers," and generally "mouth or ...
Fort Snelling Administration Building on the Upper Post, built 1878. The fort has been reconstructed to replicate its original appearance starting in 1965. [97] Time and use had been hard on the original fort. The walls, barracks and buildings had been removed. There was archaeological work done at the site in 1957–1958 and again in 1966 ...
St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mendota Heights [a] is the oldest church in continuous use in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Established as a community in 1840, a log church was built in 1842, and the still-standing historic church was constructed in 1853.
The Pine Bend Refinery is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, located in the Twin Cities suburbs of Rosemount and Inver Grove Heights next to southern split of U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota State Highway 55. The refinery is notable for being the largest in the United States to be located in a state without any oil wells.