Inver Grove Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 33,880 at the 2010 census. It is one of the 186 cities and townships in the seven-county Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. The city is 9 miles to the southeast of Saint Paul; nearby settlements are South St. Paul, West St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, Eagan, and Newport . Following the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851, settlers from Ireland and Germany quickly staked claims in the rolling countryside west of the Mississippi River. Those of Irish descent farmed the eastern portion of... the community, while Germans cleared the wooded land to the west for their farms. French and English settlers built their homes along the river. The township of Inver Grove Heights was named after an Irish fishing village, Inver and the German town of Grove. Records show that 240 farms, four churches, and four school districts were founded by 1880. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 30.1 square miles , of which 28.6 square miles is land and 1.
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| County: | Dakota County |
| State: | Minnesota |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Population: | 33,383 |
| Area: | 30.1 sq. mi. |
| Time zone: | Central Time zone |
| Also known as: | Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Dakota County / Inver Grove Heights city |