Scandia, Minnesota

adjacent to

Apple Maps

https://maps.apple/p/tmFyVqbNGGyr0g

census profile

Scandia city, Minnesota (data.census.gov) Scandia city, Minnesota is a city, town, place equivalent, or township located in Minnesota. Scandia city, Minnesota has a land area of 34.8 square miles.

church

Elim Lutheran Church

city in

city of

first Swedish immigrants

It [Scandia, Minnesota] is the site of what is believed to have been Minnesota’s first Swedish immigrant settlement. In 1850, the first log cabin was built on the shores of Hay Lake.

first sanctuary

The first sanctuary of Elim Lutheran Church was built in 1856 on a site near Hay Lake [in Scandia, Minnesota].

incorporation

After many years as New Scandia Township, Scandia became a city on January 1, 2007, to allay concerns that the community could be annexed by the nearby city of Forest Lake.

lake

Hay Lake

official website

https://www.cityofscandia.com/

OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/136815

random

n-body problem

tags

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2463967

Wikimedia

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Scandia,_Minnesota

Wikipedia

Scandia, Minnesota (Wikipedia) Scandia is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,984 at the 2020 census. Scandia is 25 miles northeast of Saint Paul, Minnesota.