Welcome to Shakopee ...The city of Shakopee is located in Scott County<1> and is the County Seat for Scott County. The pronunciation of Shakopee: SHAHK-uh-pee<2> While we don't have a date for the founding of Shakopee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1857. See our Genealogy Helper Page for Shakopee for more information about variations on the name of Shakopee. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Shakopee has a population of 41,569 people<3> (see below for details). Shakopee is 820 feet [250 m] above sea level.<4>. Time Zone: Shakopee lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Area Code for Shakopee: 952 The ZIP code for Shakopee: 55379<5> Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Shakopee had an population of 41,569 people. This is an increase of 12.12% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 102.11% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Shakopee had a population of 37,076 people (which is 28.41% of the total population of Scott County). This makes Shakopee the county's most populous community. The population of Shakopee represents 0.7% of the population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 24th most populous community. With a 2010 count of 37,076 people, the population of Shakopee increased 80.26% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 20,568 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Shakopee. Websites for Shakopee ...Official Website: www.ci.shakopee.mn.us/ Communities near Shakopee ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Shakopee.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Shakopee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Shakopee. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Shakopee. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Shakopee. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Shakopee. Our list includes 14 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Shakopee. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Shakopee ...Looking for more information about Shakopee? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions. In addition to the Tourism page for Shakopee, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Shakopee. Adding Shakopee to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Shakopee in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Shakopee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Shakopee. Footnotes ...
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