Hanover, Minnesota
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Hanover City. It lies in ZIP code area 55341. The Survey maps it on the Saint Michael quadrangle. 3,548 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 922 feet above sea level.
On record in Hanover
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Hanover Bridgelisted 1979
Population over time
3 figuresHanover grew from 1,355 to 3,548 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,355 | |
| 2010 | 609 | -746 (-55%) |
| 2020 | 3,548 | +2,939 (+483%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1909 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rockford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS St Michael quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Anoka quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS St Michael quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 2000 and 2013, burning about 3 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 November 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 22 October 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hanover: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barthel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bursch Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Giese Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
17 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanover in 17 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Hanover | $500,000 | One home lost part of its roof, and others lost shingles. Several homes had windows blown in. Several dozen trees and a number of power poles were broken or knocked down. Siding and soffits were ripped off a few houses. Numerous backyard fences were blown over. A pole barn was lifted up about three feet before being set back down. The tornado was photographed and videotaped by several people. The condensation funnel was not fully extended, and the debris cloud never extended as high as the condensation funnel. The tornado was a marginal EF-1, with winds near 90 mph. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | $100,000 | A storm survey revealed that damaging straight line winds caused an area of transmission lines to blow down south of St. Michael near County Road 15, east to the Hennepin County line. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Hanover | $50,000 | There were a few reports of large hail, the largest measuring golf ball size, occurred west of Hanover, to the community of Hanover, and moved eastward over the Wright, Hennepin County line. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | - | Thunderstorm wind gust estimated at 65 mph snapped a large snapped way up its trunk. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Hanover | - | There was likely severe hail east into Hennepin County but the time of night and rural area kept reports minimal. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | - | Several trees were snapped and uprooted west of Hanover. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | - | A 20 inch diameter tree was snapped southwest of Hanover. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hanover | - | Several trees were blown down between Greenfield and Hanover. |
| September 2005 | Hail | Hanover | - | Dime sized hail covered the ground. Moderate crop damage was reported in the area. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| September 2007 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Hanover | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Albertville | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rockford | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Rockford Riverview Estates | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Otsego | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Delano | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Buffalo Manor East | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bufflao Manor | 10.3 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Hanover | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q373262 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644632. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










