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Burnsville | |
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Nickname: South of the River | |
Coordinates: 44°46′04″N 93°16′39″W / 44.76778°N 93.27750°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Dakota |
Founded | 1855 |
Established | 1858 |
Incorporated | 1964 |
Government | |
• Type | Mayor-council government – Executive form |
• Mayor | Elizabeth Kautz |
• City Manager | Gregg Lindberg |
Area | |
• City | 26.98 sq mi (69.89 km2) |
• Land | 24.94 sq mi (64.59 km2) |
• Water | 2.05 sq mi (5.30 km2) |
Elevation | 971 ft (297 m) |
Population | |
• City | 64,317 |
• Estimate (2022)[3] | 63,936 |
• Rank | US: 603rd MN: 14th |
• Density | 2,579.18/sq mi (995.82/km2) |
• Metro | 3,693,729 (US: 16th) |
Time zone | UTC−6 (Central (CST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | 55306, 55337 |
Area code | 952 |
FIPS code | 27-08794 |
GNIS feature ID | 0640669[4] |
Website | burnsvillemn.gov |
Burnsville (/ˈbɜːrnzvɪl/ BURNZ-vil) is a city 15 miles (24 km) south of downtown Minneapolis in Dakota County, Minnesota. The city is situated on a bluff overlooking the south bank of the Minnesota River, upstream from its confluence with the Mississippi River. Burnsville and nearby suburbs form the southern portion of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, with about 3.7 million residents. At the 2020 census the population was 64,317.[2]
The name Burnsville is attributed to an early Irish settler and land owner, William Byrne. His surname was recorded as "Burns" and was never corrected.[5]
Burnsville stands on land that once contained a village of Mdewakanton Dakota. Later, it became a rural Irish farming community. Burnsville became Minnesota's 14th-largest city in the 2020 census following the construction of Interstate 35. Now the ninth-largest suburb in the metro area and a bedroom community of both Minneapolis and Saint Paul, it was fully built by the late 2000s. Burnsville's downtown area is called Heart of the City with urban-style retail and condominiums.[6] The Burnsville Transit Station serves as the hub and headquarters of the Minnesota Valley Transit Authority, providing regional bus service to five other suburbs.
Burnsville is home to a regional mall (Burnsville Center), a section of Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve, 310-foot (94 m) vertical ski peak Buck Hill, and part of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.
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