Carver County is located in the southeast part of Minnesota and is one of seven counties that make up the major Twin Cities Metro area. Its county seat is one of its two most populous cities, Chaska.

The county itself was named after the American writer and explorer Jonathan Carver, who was contracted to lead the expedition to find a western water route to the Pacific Ocean, the Northwunty, has abundant small to medium sized lakes such as:

Assumption Lake, Aue Lake, Barlous Lake, Barnes Lake, Benton Lake, Berliner Lake, Brand Lake, Braunworth Lake, Buck Lake, Burandt Lake, Carl Krey Lake, Donders Lake, Eagle Lake, Gaystock Lake, Goose Lake, Hallquist Lake, Hydes Lake, Kelly Lake, Lake Auburn, Lake Patterson, Lake Virginia, Lake Waconia, Lake Zumbra, Lippert Lake, Long Lake, Lunsten Lake, Maria Lake, Marsh Lake, Meuwissen Lake, Miller Lake, Mud Lake, Myers Lake, Oak Lake, Parley Lake, Piersons Lake, Rice Lake, Rietz Lake, Rutz Lake, Schutz Lake, Scott Lake, Smith Lake, Stieger Lake, Stone Lake, Sunny Lake, Swan Lake, Swede Lake, Tiger Lake, Turbid Lake, Wasserman Lake, Winkler Lake and Young America Lake.

The county seat of Chaska, a Sioux name often given to the first born male child, started as a trading post established by Jean-Baptiste Faribault in the early 1800’s. In 1851, it officially opened as “Little Rapids” when Thomas Andrew Holmes claimed a 20 acre clearing as the townsite.

In 1852, David L. Fuller purchased the “Shaska” townsite from Holmes and it was later platted by the Shaska Company. In 1871 Chaska was formally incorporated as a village. For more information on Carver County, please visit their official government website at: http://www.co.carver.mn.us

Alex Anderson

Carver County Realtor

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