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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Dakota County

 
Clickable Map of Dakota County, Minnesota and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Dakota County, MN (66) Goodhue County, MN (43) Hennepin County, MN (440) Ramsey County, MN (280) Rice County, MN (42) Scott County, MN (56) Washington County, MN (77) Pierce County, WI (7)  DakotaCounty(66) Dakota County (66)  GoodhueCounty(43) Goodhue County (43)  HennepinCounty(440) Hennepin County (440)  RamseyCounty(280) Ramsey County (280)  RiceCounty(42) Rice County (42)  ScottCounty(56) Scott County (56)  WashingtonCounty(77) Washington County (77)  PierceCountyWisconsin(7) Pierce County (7)
Hastings is the county seat for Dakota County
Adjacent to Dakota County, Minnesota
Goodhue County (43)  ►
Hennepin County (440)  ►
Ramsey County (280)  ►
Rice County (42)  ►
Scott County (56)  ►
Washington County (77)  ►
Pierce County, Wisconsin (7)  ►
 
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1 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Eagan — 1914 Eagan Old Town Hall —
On Pilot Knob Road at Wescott Road, on the right when traveling south on Pilot Knob Road.
2 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — 120 East 2nd Street — East Second Street Commercial Historic District —
On 2nd Street East at Sibley Street, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Street East.
3 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — 200 East 2nd Street — East Second Street Commercial Historic District —
On 2nd Street East at Sibley Street, on the left when traveling west on 2nd Street East.
4 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — 214 & 216 East 2nd Street — East Second Street Commercial Historic District —
On 2nd Street East just west of Ramsey Street, on the right when traveling east.
5 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — American Legion Veterans Memorial —
Near Sibley Street near 1st Street, on the left when traveling north.
6 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Dakota County Courthouse — 1869-1870 —
Near 3rd Street East at Vermillion Street, on the right when traveling east.
7 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Downtown Develops —
Near 1st Street at Sibley Street.
8 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Downtown Hastings — Yesterday and Today —
On East 2nd Street at Vermillion Street, on the right when traveling east on East 2nd Street.
9 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Early Hastings —
On 3rd Street East 0 miles east of Vermillion Street (U.S. 61), on the right when traveling east.
10 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Enjoying the River —
Near Lock and Dam Road 0.5 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the right when traveling north.
11 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Finch Building — National Register of Historic Places —
On 2nd Street East at Sibley Street, on the right when traveling west on 2nd Street East.
12 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Gardner House Hotel — National Register of Historic Places —
On 2nd Street East at Ramsey Street, on the left when traveling east on 2nd Street East.
13 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Geology of the Dakota County Region —
Near 11th Street West near Forest Street.
14 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Going with the Flow —
Near Lock and Dam Road 0.3 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the right when traveling north.
15 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Hastings Grows —
Near 1st Street at Ramsey Street.
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16 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Hastings Spiral Bridge — Erected 1895 • Demolished 1951 —
On Sibley Street north of East 2nd Street (Main Street), on the right when traveling north.
17 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Hastings, Minnesota — Beginnings —
On 2nd Street at U.S. 61, on the right when traveling east on 2nd Street.
18 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Ignatius Donnelly's Nininger City Home —
On 124th Street East at Historic Donnelly Avenue / Ivanhoe Way, on the right when traveling west on 124th Street East.
19 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Living in the Water —
Near Lock and Dam Road 0.3 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the right when traveling north.
20 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Masonic Block — National Register of Historic Places —
On Sibley Street at 3rd Street East, on the left when traveling south on Sibley Street.
21 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Mississippi —
Near 1st Street near Ramsey Street.
22 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Native Cultures —
Near Lock and Dam Road 0.7 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the right when traveling north.
23 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Nininger Historic Site —
On 124th Street East at Historic Donnelly Avenue / Ivanhoe Way, on the right when traveling west on 124th Street East.
24 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — One Neighborhood, Many Stories —
On West 2nd Street at Vermillion Street, on the left when traveling west on West 2nd Street.
25 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — River Habitats —
Near Lock and Dam Road 2 miles north of 2nd Street West.
26 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Roadside Park Veterans Memorial —
Near Walnut Street near 10th Street West.
27 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Shaping the River —
On Lock and Dam Road 1.2 miles north of 2nd Street West, on the left when traveling north.
28 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Spiral Bridge — 1895 – 1951 —
Near Sibley Street north of East 2nd Street (Main Street) when traveling north.
29 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Steamboats, Trains, and Barges —
Near 1st Street near Tyler Street.
30 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — The Pringle Hardware Building — 1863 —
On 2nd Street East just east of Sibley Street, on the left when traveling east.
31 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Hastings — Veterans Memorial Levee —
Near 1st Street at Ramsey Street.
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32 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Inver Grove Heights — B-52 Crash Site — Cold War Veterans Memorial —
On Broderick Boulevard north of Brooks Boulevard, on the left when traveling north.
33 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Inver Grove Heights — Inver Grove Heights Veterans Memorial —
On Barbara Avenue at 80th Street E., on the right when traveling south on Barbara Avenue.
34 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Inver Grove Heights — The Christian Farm —
Near 105th Street East just east of Rich Valley Boulevard (County Highway 71), on the left when traveling east.
35 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Inver Grove Heights — The Salem Evangelical Church — United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 78 —
On Upper 55th Street East (County Highway 18) at Annette Avenue East, on the left when traveling east on Upper 55th Street East.
36 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Lilydale — Changing Landscapes Through Time —
Near Sibley Memorial Highway.
37 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Lilydale — Confluence of the Rivers —
Near Sibley Memorial Highway.
38 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Lilydale — Dakotan Daily Life in the 1700s —
Near Sibley Memorial Highway.
39 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Lilydale — The Railroad and Mendota —
Near Stonebridge Road.
40 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — "Where the Waters Meet" —
On D Street 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13).
41 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — A Great River's Road / Mendota, the Meeting Place —
On Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) south of D Street, on the right when traveling south.
42 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Faribault House —
On D Street 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway.
43 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Faribault House —
On D Street north of Great River Road, on the left when traveling west.
44 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — General Henry Hastings Sibley —
On 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) west of D Street, on the right when traveling west.
45 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Henry Sibley and Old Mendota — Siley House Historic Site —
On D Street 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (Minnesota Highway 13), on the left when traveling west.
46 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Mendota / Sibley House —
On Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) 0.3 miles north of State Highway 110.
47 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Mendota / Sibley House Association —
On D Street 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (Minnesota Highway 13).
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48 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Paper Towns & Other Imaginary Worlds / Frontier Fortunes and Mississippi Mansions —
On Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) south of D Street.
49 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — Sibley House Historic Site —
Near Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) west of D Street, on the right when traveling west.
50 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — St. Peter's Church —
Near 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (State Highway 13) 0.5 miles north of State Highway 110, on the left when traveling north.
51 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota — The First Stone House — 1835 • 1916 —
On D Street 0.2 miles north of 1st Street / Sibley Memorial Highway (Minnesota Highway 13).
52 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Gather, View, Repeat —
Near Sibley Memorial Highway west of Minnesota Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
53 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Local Stone, National Story —
On Sibley Memorial Highway west of Minnesota Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
54 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Mendota Work Camp No. 1 —
On Sibley Memorial Highway north of Perron Road, on the left when traveling north.
55 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Native American Peoples and Clues to the Past —
Near Great River Road.
56 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Oheyawahi "a hill much visited" —
Near Pilot Knob Road.
57 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Oheyawahi Pilot Knob Hill —
Near Pilot Knob Road.
58 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Pilot Knob —
Near Pilot Knob Road (County Road 31) at Acacia Boulevard.
59 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — Sea Becomes Stone —
On Sibley Memorial Highway west of Minnesota Route 13, on the left when traveling north.
60 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Mendota Heights — United States War Veterans Memorial —
Near Pilot Knob Road (County Road 31) at Acacia Boulevard.
61 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, Rosemount — First Rosemount Businesses 1855 —
On Chili Avenue at 145th Street West, on the right when traveling north on Chili Avenue.
62 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Armour & Company — 1919 – 1979 —
On Armour Avenue west of Hardman Avenue South.
63 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Kaposia Village —
On Butler Avenue (County Highway 4) at North Concord Street (State Highway 156) on Butler Avenue.
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64 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Kaposia: Dakota Village on the Mississippi River —
Near Bryant Avenue.
65 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — Swift & Company — 1897 – 1969 —
On Grand Avenue at Bridgepoint Drive on Grand Avenue.
66 ► Minnesota, Dakota County, South Saint Paul — The Stockyards —
On Armour Avenue at Farwell Avenue on Armour Avenue.
 
 
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Nov. 10, 2026