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Scott County was formed in 1853 from Dakota County and is one of
the 7 counties
that make up the Twin Cities Metro Area. It contains within its
borders the cities of: Belle Plaine, New Market, Savage, Elko,
New Prague, Shakopee, Jordan, Prior Lake. It also contains
within its borders the minor civil divisions (MCDs) of: Belle
Plaine, Jackson, Sand Creek, Blakely, Louisville, Savage, Cedar
Lake, New Market, Shakopee, Credit River, Prior Lake, Spring
Lake, Helena, Saint Lawrence.
For more information be sure to visit the Scott County
Historical Society webpages at
http://www.scottcountyhistory.org/index.html
Established March 5, 1853, this
county was named in honor of Gen. Winfield Scott, who was
commander in chief of the U.S. Army from 1841 to 1861. He was
born near Petersburg, Va., June 13, 1786, and died at West
Point, N.Y., May 29, 1866; entered the army as a captain in
1808; served with distinction in the War of 1812 and was made a
brigadier general and brevet major general in 1814; was chief
commander in the Mexican War, 1847; and was an unsuccessful Whig
candidate for president in 1852. General Scott visited Fort St.
Anthony in the spring of 1824 for inspection of its
construction, then completed, and on his recommendation its name
was changed to Fort Snelling by a general order of the war
department, January 7, 1825. |
