Eden Prairie
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city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- County
- Hennepin
- Incorporated
- October 22, 1962
- Founded by
- Robert Anderson
- Mayor
- Ron Case ( DFL )
- City
- 35.22 sq mi (91.22 km )
- Land
- 32.50 sq mi (84.17 km )
- Water
- 2.72 sq mi (7.05 km )
- Elevation
- 890 ft (270 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 62,476
- Rank
- US: 620th, MN: 16th
- Density
- 1,975.5/sq mi (762.76/km )
- Urban
- 2,650,890 (US: 16th )
- Metro
- 3,693,729 (US: 16th )
- Time zone
- UTC-6 ( Central (CST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC-5 (CDT)
- Zip codes
- 55344, 55346, 55347
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city in the United States
- Official name
- Eden Prairie
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Hennepin County
- Population
- 64198
- Area
- 91.1227
- Elevation
- 270
- Time zone
- Central Time Zone
- Shares border with
- Chanhassen
- Official website
- www.edenprairie.org
- Image
- EPCH.jpg
- Households
- 24606
- Dialing code
- 952
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- Commons category
- Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- inception
- 1858-00-00
- postal code
- 55347
- P8168
- Vezyu
- water as percent of area
- 7.7731
- per capita income
- 58373
- located in the statistical territorial entity
- Minneapolis–Saint Paul
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Encyclopedic overview
Eden Prairie is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It had a population of 64,198 at the 2020 census, making it the 16th-largest city in the state. The city is adjacent to the north bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River, about 12 miles (19 km) southwest of downtown Minneapolis.
Set in the Twin Cities' second ring suburbs, the community was designed as a mixed-income city model and is home to numerous commercial firms, including the headquarters of SuperValu, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Winnebago Industries, Starkey Hearing Technologies, Lifetouch Inc., SABIS, and MTS Systems Corporation. It contains the Eden Prairie Center mall and is the hub of SouthWest Transit, providing public transportation to three adjacent suburbs. The television stations KMSP and WFTC are based in Eden Prairie. The nonprofit news organization Eden Prairie Local News (EPLN) also serves the community.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eden Prairie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.