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Farmington is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 23,632 at the 2020 census . [ 3 ] It is a part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area .
Farmington Township is a township in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 516 at the 2000 census. The population was 516 at the 2000 census. Farmington Township was organized in 1858, and named for their fertile farmland.
Minnesota State Highway 50 (MN 50) is a 15.082-mile-long (24.272 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 3 and Dakota County Road 74 in Farmington and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. 61 and State Highway 20 near Miesville.
Legally, MN 3 is defined as legislative routes 1, 115, and 334 in the Minnesota Statutes. The route is not marked with those numbers. The maximum speed limit posted on MN 3 is 60 mph. The open stretches of MN 3 from Faribault to 170th Street W near Rosemount generally have a 60 mph limit, with lower limits in the Northfield and Farmington areas.
The township voted to incorporate as the city of Empire on February 14, 2023, and that took effect on February 28 after elections of local officials. The city does not anticipate changes but wished to establish its borders to prevent the nearby, rapidly growing cities of Lakeville, Rosemount and Farmington from annexing new developments. [6]
Potsdam is an unincorporated community in Farmington Township, Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States, near Elgin and Rochester. The community is located along State Highway 247 near Olmsted County Road 11. The boundary line between Olmsted and Wabasha counties is nearby.
U.S. 169 is one of three Minnesota U.S. marked highways to carry the same number as an existing state marked highway within the state. The others being Highways 61 and 65. Legally, the Minnesota section of U.S. 169 is defined as all or part of Routes 5, 7, 383, 3, 18, and 35 in the Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.117(4).
When Minnesota was organized as a state, 57 of the present 87 counties were established. The last county to be created was Lake of the Woods County in 1923. [2] The names of many of the counties allude to the long history of exploration. Over ten counties are named for Native American groups residing in parts of what is now Minnesota.