Back مقاطعة كارفر (مينيسوتا) Arabic Carver County, Minnesota BAR Карвър (окръг, Минесота) Bulgarian কার্বের কাউন্টি, মিনেসোটা BPY Carver Gông (Minnesota) CDO Carver County CEB Carver County, Minnesota Welsh Carver County Danish Carver County German Κομητεία Κάρβερ (Μινεσότα) Greek
Carver County | |
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.jpg) Carver County Sheriff's Office and Justice Center in Chaska, Minnesota | |
 Location within the U.S. state of Minnesota | |
 Minnesota's location within the U.S. | |
| Coordinates: 44°49′N 93°48′W / 44.82°N 93.8°W | |
| Country |  United States |
| State |  Minnesota |
| Founded | February 20, 1855[1] |
| Named for | Jonathan Carver |
| Seat | Chaska |
| Largest city | Chaska |
| Area | |
• Total | 376 sq mi (970 km2) |
| • Land | 354 sq mi (920 km2) |
| • Water | 22 sq mi (60 km2) 5.8% |
| Population (2020) | |
• Total | 106,922 |
• Estimate (2023) | 111,057  |
| • Density | 302/sq mi (117/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| Congressional districts | 3rd, 6th |
| Website | www.co.carver.mn.us |
Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is mostly farmland.[2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922.[3] Its county seat is Chaska.[4] 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.[5] Carver County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.
- ^ "Minnesota Place Names". Minnesota Historical Society. Archived from the original on June 20, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
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CCMwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
- ^ Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 70.