Carver County
Also known as Carver County, Minnesota, Carver County, MN
county in Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855
- Named after
- Jonathan Carver
- Seat
- Chaska
- Largest city
- Chaska
- Total
- 376 sq mi (970 km )
- Land
- 354 sq mi (920 km )
- Water
- 22 sq mi (57 km ) 5.8%
- Estimate 2025
- 114,379
- Density
- 302/sq mi (117/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
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Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922. Its county seat is Chaska. Carver County is named for explorer Jonathan Carver, who in 1766–67, traveled from Boston to the Minnesota River and wintered among the Sioux near the site of New Ulm. Carver County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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