Scott County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 150,928. Its county seat is Shakopee. Shakopee is also the largest city in Scott County, the twenty-third-largest city in Minnesota, and the sixteenth-largest Twin Cities suburb. The county was organized in 1853 and named in honor of General Winfield Scott. Scott County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is a member of the Metropolitan Council, and shares many of the council's concerns about responsible growth management, advocating for progressive development concepts such as clustering, open-space design, and the preservation of open space and rural/agricultural land.
Prior Lake is an exurban city 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Minneapolis seated next to Savage and Shakopee in Scott County in the state of Minnesota. Surrounding the shores of Lower and Upper Prior Lake, the city lies south of the Minnesota River in an area known as RiverSouth and establishes the urban fringe of the south-southwest portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The population was 27,617 at the 2020 census.
Alango Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 258 at the 2010 census. Saint Louis County Roads 22 and 25 are two of the main routes in the township. Heino Road and Samuelson Road also pass through the township. Cook is nearby.
Angora Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 249 at the 2010 census. Angora Township was named after Angora, in Turkey.
Clinton Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. Clinton Township was named for Clinton Markell, a prominent settler. The population was 1,015 at the 2010 census.
French Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 567 at the 2010 census.
Morcom Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 94 at the 2010 census.
Toivola Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 170. Toivola is a name Finnish in origin.
Wuori Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 572 at the 2010 census.
Sand Creek may refer to a location in the United States:
Webster is an unincorporated community in Webster Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
Minnesota State Highway 282 (MN 282) is a 7.655-mile-long (12.320 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 169 in Jordan and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 13 in Spring Lake Township near Prior Lake.
Britt is an unincorporated area in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Toivola is an unincorporated community in Toivola Township, Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.
Pine Creek is an unincorporated community in Houston and Winona counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota.
Mission Creek is an unincorporated community in Mission Creek Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States.
Mudbaden is an unincorporated community in Sand Creek Township, Scott County, Minnesota, United States.
Lydia is an unincorporated community in Spring Lake Township, Scott County, Minnesota, United States.
St. Patrick is an unincorporated community in Cedar Lake Township, Scott County, Minnesota, United States.
St. Benedict is an unincorporated community in Helena Township, Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located along 250th Street West at St. Benedict Road near New Prague.
