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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.30 square miles (0.78 km 2), of which 0.27 square miles (0.70 km 2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2) is water. [12] The city of Mendota is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers.
Located in what is now the city of Mendota, the site consists of four limestone buildings and a large lawn area. Three of the buildings are open for touring, including a fur company cold store from 1843 and the 1840 home of fur trader and hotelier Jean-Baptiste Faribault .
Dakota County's historic sites convey the county's significant historical trends, including the settlement at Mendota, the homes of well-heeled residents of Hastings, the ethnic gathering places in South Saint Paul, and other sites related to life on the prairie, including religion, education, transportation, commerce, and the business of farming.
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The Trust for Public Land purchased 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) in 2005, and sold it to the City of Mendota Heights. [12] The purchase was a collaborative effort by the Trust ($120,000), the city of Mendota Heights ($400,000), the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ($1,050,000), Dakota County ($400,000), and the Pilot Knob Preservation Association.
Map of the United States with Minnesota highlighted. Minnesota is a state situated in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Minnesota is the 22nd most populous state with 5,706,494 inhabitants but the 14th largest by land area, spanning 79,626.74 square miles (206,232.3 km 2) of land. [1]
St. Peter's Catholic Church in Mendota Heights [a] is the oldest church in continuous use in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Established as a community in 1840, a log church was built in 1842, and the still-standing historic church was constructed in 1853.
Bdóte ('meeting of waters' or 'where two rivers meet') [6] is considered a place of spiritual importance to the Dakota. [7] A Dakota-English Dictionary (1852) edited by missionary Stephen Return Riggs originally recorded the word as mdóte, noting that it was also "a name commonly applied to the country about Fort Snelling, or mouth of the Saint Peters," [8] now known as the Minnesota River.