Dakota County, Minnesota

cities

county of

Minnesota

county seat

Hastings, Minnesota

location

official website

https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/1795846

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The bright star Canopus was known to the ancient Mesopotamians and represented the city of Eridu in the Three Stars Each Babylonian star catalogues and later around 1100 BC on the MUL.APIN tablets.

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Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111694

Wikipedia

Dakota County, Minnesota (Wikipedia) Dakota County is the third-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota, located in the east central portion of the state. As of the 2020 census, the population was 439,882. The population of Dakota County was estimated to be 447,440 in 2023. The county seat is Hastings. Dakota County is named for the Dakota Sioux tribal bands who inhabited the area.