Demographics
Carver
County has traditionally been compromised of communities dependent
on agriculture. However, in the last ten years several communities
such as Chaska and Chanhassen have developed into highly desirable
areas to live and work. Nestled in the Minnesota River watershed,
the county is rich in vegetation and continues to grow very rapidly.
The eastern edge of Carver County is located about 30 minutes
from downtown Minneapolis. Carver County has about 75,000 residents
in total with upwards of 40,000 of those residents residing in
Chaska and Chanhassen.
History
Carver
County began with the signing of the treaty of Traverse de Sioux
in March 1855. What used to be Native American lands, now became
Carver County were soon opened for settlement by white pioneers.
The county was named after the explorer Jonathan Carver. The original
county seat was in San Francisco Township, it's voters moved it
to Chaska in 1856, where it remains today.
Many
of Carver County’s settlers were from the East Coast, but
by the 1860s, many of the areas new settlers came from Germany
or Sweden. The Germans founded towns like Hamburg, New Germany,
and Cologne, while the Swedes settled in East Union and Watertown.
For
over 100 years, farming was the chief occupation in Carver County.
Many grew crops, whiles others were dairy farmers, and creameries
were so numerous that the county started to call itself, “The
Golden Buckle of the Dairy Belt.”
Carver
County’s most historically important farmer was Wendelin
Grimm. He was a German immigrant who settled in Chanhassen and
is claim to fame was in creating his own strain of hardy alfalfa
which was considered at the time to be the most winter-hardy strain
available.
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