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To preserve, interpret and promote the history of Dakota County.

Cities and Townships

Eagan

Eagan, Lone Oak tree 1983
Eagan, Lone Oak tree 1983

Eagan was carved out of Mendota Township in 1860 and named for Patrick Eagan. A site of early post-Second World War development, Eagan’s 2000 population was the highest in Dakota County, largely in part due to the construction of Interstates 494 and 35E.