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Welcome to Waconia ...The city of Waconia is located in Carver County<1>. The location of Waconia has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2> The pronunciation of Waconia: wah-KOHN-ee-uh<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Waconia, you might consider that their post office opened in 1860. From the Census Estimates for 2019, Waconia has a population of 12,387 people<4> (see below for details). Waconia is 980 feet [299 m] above sea level.<5>. Time Zone: Waconia lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time Waconia lies within the (952) area code. The ZIP code for Waconia: 55387<6> Websites for Waconia ...Official Website: www.waconia.org/ Chamber of Commerce: www.waconiachamber.org/ Population Details ...Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Waconia had an population of 12,387 people. This is an increase of 15.8% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 81.79% since the 2000 Census). At the time of the 2010 Census, Waconia had a population of 10,697 people (which is 11.75% of the total population of Carver County). This makes Waconia the county's 3rd most populous community. The population of Waconia represents 0.2% of the total population of Minnesota (which has 5,303,925 people), making it the state's 92nd most populous community. With a 2010 count of 10,697 people, the population of Waconia increased 56.99% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 6,814 people). More information can be found on the Census Page for Waconia. Communities Also Named Waconia ...Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Waconia - it's located in Iowa. For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Waconia. Communities near Waconia ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Waconia.
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 Waconia. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Waconia. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Waconia. 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 Waconia. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Waconia. See our Newspapers Page for Waconia. TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Waconia ...Looking for more information about Waconia? 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 Waconia, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Waconia. Adding Waconia to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Waconia 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 for Waconia was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8> We also found Waconia in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870). For more details, see References and Mentions for Waconia. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Waconia: www.waconia.org/ The official website for Carver County: www.co.carver.mn.us/ The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/ Footnotes ...
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