Chaska
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 Location in county and Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1891 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Carver County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 47 ′ N , 93 ° 36 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 22,467 (as of 2005) |
| Population density : | 632.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 37.1 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) of which 35.5 km 2 (approx. 14 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 226 m |
| Postal code : | 55318 |
| Area code : | +1 952 |
| FIPS : | 27-10972 |
| GNIS ID : | 0641129 |
| Mayor : | Gary F. Van Eyll |
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Chaska is a city in Carver County , Minnesota , United States . In 2000 the place had 17,449 inhabitants. Chaska is County Seat and is mentioned in the song " I've Been Everywhere " made famous by Johnny Cash . The Guardian Angels Church is a Catholic church. The city has a community center and its own high school .
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 37.1 km² , of which 35.6 km² is land and 1.6 km² (= 4.25%) is water. The center of Chaska is on the Minnesota River .
US Highway 212 and Minnesota State Route 41 run through the metropolitan area.
history
Chaska's history testifies to the influence of the indigenous people. The first inhabitants were the builders of the burial mounds that are located on the town square. Later the Dakota (also known as the Sioux) were the main inhabitants of this region. The age of written history begins in Chaska around 1769.
In 1776, Jonathan Carver explored the country along the Minnesota River and documented his travels. French-Canadian fur traders used the watercourses for transportation in the early 19th century and traded with the Dakota in the early 18th century. During this time Jean-Baptiste Faribault founded a trading post in Chaska, which was then called Little Rapids.
In 1851, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux officially allowed white settlers to settle in the area. One of the first newcomers was Thomas Andrew Holmes, who made the claim to 20 acres in August 1851 and thus determined the area of the future city.
The name Chaska comes from the Dakota language and is often given to a firstborn son. According to the records, in 1852 a David L. Fuller bought the land in Shaska (sic!) From Holmes. In 1857 the site was cleared and leveled by the Shaska Company . In the same year, the construction of the first corthouse in Carver County began on the spot where the post office and bank are located in the center of Chaska today. Chaska was registered as a village in 1871 and received a charter in 1891 , with which the place was elevated to a city .
Since there is high quality clay in Chaska, brick production developed from 1857 . By the 1880s, Chaska had developed into a brick manufacturing center in Minnesota. The bricks were transported to St. Paul by ship. Though the city flourished from the steamship trade, it wasn't until the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway was built in 1873 that it grew.
At the beginning of the 20th century, other industries were established. This included processing sugar beet, canning factories for sauerkraut, beans, corn and tomatoes, flour mills and butter production.
During the first half of the 20th century, Chaska's population was around 2000 people. The city began to transform in the 1950s when urbanization began in the Minneapolis and St. Paul areas . As a result, new jobs and new residential areas were created in Chaska, which in turn brought new residents to the place.
In early 2005, the City of Chaska annexed the areas of the Chaska Township that were still free from parishes . The construction of a new motorway-like section of the US Highway 212 runs through Chaska. It connects the place with the center of the Twin Cities . The city administration expects further growth of the city from this and from an express bus connection.
Demographic data
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Chaska was inhabited by 22,467 people. The population density was 633 people per km². There were 6235 housing units at an average of 175.3 per km ². The Chaskan population was 93.71% White , 1.02% Black or African American , 0.28% Native American , 1.67% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 2.18% of other races belong to and 1.13% named two or more races. 5.81% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latinos of any race. Of the residents, 39.2% were German , 12.6% Norwegian , 8.7% Irish and 5.1% Swedish .
The residents of Chaskan were distributed to 6104 households out of which 47.2% had children under 18 years of age. 59.1% of households were married, 10.4% had a female head of the household without a husband and 26.5% were not families. 20.8% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 5.9% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.31 people.
The urban population was divided into 32.5% minors, 7.7% 18–24 year olds, 36.8% 25–44 year olds, 17.1% 45–64 year olds and 5.8% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were 100.0 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 96.8 men.
The median household income in Chaska was 60,325 US dollars and the median family income reached the amount of 69,612 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 45,401 compared to $ 32,312 for women. The per capita income in Chaska was $ 25,368. 4.7% of the population and 3.4% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 5.9% of minors and 6.4% of those aged 65 and over.
Industry
Chaska has numerous industrial and manufacturing operations. These include companies like TPI Specialties, Update Ltd., Wigen Water Technologies, and Hartman Homes.
politics
Chaska is located in Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District , represented by Republican John Kline . He received 2.8% progressive and 88% conservative votes in the House of Representatives in 2006 on a range of topics.
Others
The 7,000 m long Hazeltine National Golf Club hosted the PGA Championship in 2002 and 2009 and will host the Ryder Cup in 2016 .
Sons of the city
- Edward Van Sloan (1882–1964), actor
- Shane Gersich (* 1996), ice hockey player
Web links
- The City of Chaska website (English)
- The Chaska Herald News website (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Joshua Grossman: Progressive Punch Leading with the Left . In: All Issues . ProgressivePunch. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 8, 2007.
- ^ ACU Ratings of Congress, 2006 . American Conservative Union. 2006. Archived from the original on September 3, 2007. Retrieved on September 8, 2007.
