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Rosemount, Minnesota

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rosemount City. It lies in ZIP code area 55068. The Survey maps it on the Farmington quadrangle. 25,650 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 965 feet above sea level.

Rosemount within Dakota County

Population over time

2 figures

Rosemount grew from 21,874 to 25,650 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
201021,874
202025,650+3,776 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

In the county-history sources

7,759 words on this township

History of Dakota County and the City of Hastings, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881 names this settlement in its chapter on Rosemount City. These are the passages that mention it, exactly as the scans read.

The village of Rosemount is located in the center of section 25, township 115, range 19, and was laid out in 1866, by J. A. Case on land owned by Selah Chamberlain, of Cleveland, Ohio. The town has grown until it is now a flourishing village. It was incorporated in 1875 with the following officers: Frank Gallon, president; Frederick Kloepping, Michael Hynes, Frank Garry, council; J. C. Geraghty, treasurer; Andrew Keegan, justice of the peace; Louis Warweg, constable. The act of incorporation was approved by the legislature, February 16th, 1S75. These officers were to hold until the first Monday in April, following, on which day the first regular election took place with the following result: John Farquhar, president; Frederick Kloepping, Gottlieb Schmid, Frank Garry, council; J. C. Geraghty, treasurer; Andrew Keegan, justice of the peace, Phillip Caron, constable.

Passage source: History of Dakota County and the City of Hastings, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881.

The first religious services held in the town of Rosemount were by Rev. Kidder at the house of William Senescall on section 17, near the Mississippi river, during the summer of 1854. The house of worship was a small shanty and the congregation numbered about a dozen people, sufficient however, to fill the room. Meetings were held at this house several times during the summer.

Passage source: History of Dakota County and the City of Hastings, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881.

Early in 1856, the Rev. Father Tissot, a Roman Catholic priest and missionary, began holding services at the house of John Murphy, on section 29, township 115, range 19. Services were continued at this house by different priests from time to time, until the erection of the Catholic church at Lakeville. Their first local priest was Rev. A. Oster, followed by Rev. Fathers Glennon and Quinn. The latter is the present local priest of Lakeville parish, of which this portion of the town is a part. In 1880, the church at Lakeville was blown down by a tornado, since which time services have been held in a hall in the village of Rosemount. The contract has been let for the building of a fine church in the village, which they hope to complete the present year. The people of the parish have built a fine residence for the priest in the village of Rosemount, just north of the hall of the Total Abstinence society.

Passage source: History of Dakota County and the City of Hastings, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881.

Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.

Read the whole chapter on Rosemount City - it names this place 47 more 47 times.

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Rosemount: 3 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
(Facility) Pine Bend RefinerySulfurPlant
Fisher Sand & Aggregate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Markham Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rosemont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Shakopee Sand & Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Dakota County

Storms near this place

40 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosemount in 40 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2013LightningRosemount$350,000A lightning strike caused a house fire in Rosemount, Minnesota. The house fire was a total loss, but no one was injured.
July 2015LightningRosemount$250,000A fire was caused by lightning in Rosemount the morning of July 24th. The fire burnt the exterior of a fourplex south side. The fire eventually worked its way inside the building, but firefighters were able to get the flames under control quickly.
July 2011LightningRosemount$100,000Lightning struck a home in Rosemount, Minnesota on 151st Street West and caused a fire.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindRosemount$10,000Several trees in excess of 8 inches in diameter were blown down west of Rosemount, Minnesota.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Report of downed power lines near Highway 3 in Rosemount.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Numerous trees down, including one on a house and one on a truck.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Several tree branches down and lawn furniture knocked over.
July 2023HailRosemount-Photo relayed through social media.
July 2023HailRosemount-Photo relayed through social media.
July 2023HailRosemount-Photo relayed through social media.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Multiple trees down on powerlines in Rosemont. A construction trailer occupied by one person flipped over onto a vehicle off County Road 42, and the person was uninjured.
July 2023HailRosemount-Hail of 1.5 to almost 2.0 iches fell from 855 PM TO 905 PM CDT.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Pictures received of metal signs blown over. Time estimated from radar.
September 2021Tornado (EF0)Rosemount-An EF0 tornado touched down near Cedar Avenue and 145th Street West in Apple Valley. The path length was approximately 0.8 miles with a maximum wind speed of 80 mph. Most of the damage was due to trees falling on houses and vehicles.
September 2021Thunderstorm WindRosemount-A few large trees were blown down in Rosemount.
May 2020Tornado (EF0)Rosemount-A local emergency manager Meteorologist observed a brief touchdown northeast of Rosemount. Damage was confined to a few trees blown down as the EF0 tornado moved northeast and dissipated in an open field.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRosemount-A few trees were blown down in Apple Valley.
June 2014Heavy RainRosemount-A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.20 inches was reported.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRosemount-A 30 foot tree, and a wooden fence was blown down near the intersection of Shannon Parkway, and Highway 46 in Rosemount.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Fourteen power poles were knocked down or snapped off along Pilot Knob Road, between County Road 42, and 46.
August 2010Flash FloodRosemount-Several inches of rain fell across a large portion of Dakota County between 2 and 5 AM CST. Some areas between Apple Valley and Rosemount, Minnesota had flood waters reaching as high as car doors during the height of the storm.
September 2010Thunderstorm WindRosemount-A few large tree branches were blown down in Rosemount, Minnesota.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Tree snapped in half at corner of 147th and County Road 42, along with several branches. Two trees snapped behind Fire Station number one. One tree felled 0.5 miles West of County Road 23.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Wind gust recorded at Rosemount Elementary School.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Tree branches 5 to 6 inches in diameter severed. Estimated windspeed.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindRosemount-Power knocked out to local refinery. Damage to apartment building. Estimated windspeed.
June 1995HailRosemount-Winds lifted the roof off of a building
August 2025HailRosemount-no account filed
May 2022HailRosemount-no account filed
March 2021HailRosemount-no account filed
September 2020HailRosemount-no account filed
September 2020HailRosemount-no account filed
August 2018HailRosemount-no account filed
July 2017HailRosemount-no account filed
July 2017HailRosemount-no account filed
July 2017HailRosemount-no account filed
June 2015HailRosemount-no account filed
May 2011HailRosemount-no account filed
May 2008HailRosemount-no account filed
August 1996Thunderstorm WindRosemount-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dakota County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Rich Valley4.4 miles13
Roseport4.8 miles28
Apple Valley4.9 miles12
Eagan5.0 miles30
Coates5.1 miles13
Pine Bend5.5 miles28
Wescott5.6 miles28
Cedar Grove6.3 miles30

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 RosemountAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1986505The 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 650291. 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.

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.