Mound

Mound is a city in western Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 9,052 at the 2010 census. Mound was the birthplace of the Tonka truck that is named after Lake Minnetonka, which the eastern part of town sits on. The city derived its name from the Indian mounds once found within the present day city limits. The former municipality of Island Park, which contained of Phelps Island, merged with Mound in 1960. The Mound schools include Grandview Middle School, Hilltop Primary School, MoundWestonka High School, and Shirley Hills Elementary. The school mascot is the Whitehawk, which was changed from the Mohawk in 1997. Some students attend public schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the city has a total area of 4.96 square miles (12.85 km²), of which 2.86 sq miles (7.41 km²) is land and 2.10sq miles (5.44 km²") is water. Mounds is 22 miles (35 km) west of Minneapolis, the county seat, and has more than 1,000 docks on its various lakes. It is also connected to Spring Park, Orono, St. Bonifacius, and Minnetrista by County Roads 15 and 110, which are two of the main routes in the area. The City Council has been working for several years on a project named "Mound Visions" to improve business traffic in the city.

Geography

Mound is the primary city name, but also Minnetrista are acceptable city names or spellings, Orono, Shorewood on the other hand no longer accepted or obsolete and are no longer used as a designation. The official name is Mound. Lakes in Mound include Black Lake, Dutch Lake, Lake Langdon, Saunders Lake, and Seton Lake. Lake Minnetonka encompasses these and many others in the area. Mound has more than 1,000 docks on its various lakes. The lakes geographically define the town's areas, such as Three Points, The Island, The Highlands, Grandview Boulevard and Shirley Hills. The city has a total area of 4.96 square miles (12.85 km²) according to the U.S. Census Bureau, of which 2.86 sq miles (7.41km²) is land and 2.10sq miles (5.44 km²") is water. County Roads 15 and 110 are two of the main routes in the city. The town is located on the banks of Lake Minetonka, which is a tributary of the Red River. The Red River runs through the center of Mound, and the city is on its eastern edge. The Mound area is home to the Mound High School football team, which won the state championship in 2010. The school's football team also won the national championship in 2011. The football team is known as the "Mound Highlanders" and the team won the Minnesota State Championship in 2012. The team's winnings total was more than $1.2 million, the most for a single season since the start of the 2010-11 season. The City's population is 6,000, making it one of the smallest cities in Minnesota.

History

Mound derived its name from the Indian mounds once found within the present day city limits. The former municipality of Island Park, which contained of Phelps Island, merged with Mound in 1960. Mound celebrated its centennial in 2012. The city is located in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is located on the shores of Lake Mound, a body of water that was once known as the Mound River. The lake was once home to the Phelps Island tribe of the Dakota Indians. The Mounds were not built by Dakota Indians, but were made by prehistoric Indians. They are located near the town of Mound and the city of St. Louis, in the state of South Dakota. The City of Mounds was founded in 1836. It was named after Mound City, Minnesota, a town in the Dakota Territory, which was once part of Dakota Territory. The town was founded by Mound County, Dakota Territory and the Dakota tribe of Dakota Indians in 1838. The name Mound means "mound" or "hill" in Dakota Dakota language. It means "mountain" in Dakota Dakota language and "mounds" in Mound Dakota language, which means " mound" in Native American language, or "mounded" in other languages, such as "Mound Dakota" and "Mounds Dakota" Mound was named for the mounds found in the area, which were built by the Dakota Dakota, not the Dakota Sioux.

Education

Mound schools include Grandview Middle School, Hilltop Primary School, MoundWestonka High School, and Shirley Hills Elementary. The school mascot is the Whitehawk, which was changed from the Mohawk in 1997. Some students attend public schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. The city is also connected to Spring Park, Orono, St. Bonifacius, and Minnetrista. The Mound School District is part of the Westonka School District, which is based in Mound, Minnesota. Mound is home to the Mound High School football team, which won the state championship in 2010. The team's nickname is the Moundsiders, and the team's colors are blue and white. The district also has a cheerleading squad, which has won several state championships in the past. The high school has a band, which plays in the spring and summer. The band's name is Mound Westonka, which means "westonka" in German and "west" in English. It is also known as the "Westons" because of its location in Westonka, a suburb of Mound. It also has an elementary school and a middle school. It has a high school, which also is called Mound Westonka and has a junior high, which goes by the name "Mound West" or "Wright" for short. The middle school is called Grandview, and it has a primary school, called Hilltop.

Local sites

The Mound City Council has been working for several years on a project named "Mound Visions" One of the project's goals is to improve business traffic in the city. Some of its recent accomplishments are the Mound Marketplace, the realignment of County Road 15, the Lost Lake Greenway, and the Villas on Lost Lake townhouses. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 9,052 people, 3,974 households, and 2,444 families living in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 95.8% White, 0.9% African American,0.3% Native American, 1.4% from other races, and 1.14% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.96% of the population. The median income for a household in theCity was $60,671, and the median income. for a family was $68,396. The per capita income for the City was $30,309. About 1.7% of those under the age of 18 and 5.1% for those 65 and over were living below the poverty line. The city is located in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers's National Defense Training Area. The U.N. State Department has a training center in the City of St. Louis, Missouri. The City of Saint Louis is home to the University of Missouri-St. Louis's College of Public Health. The University of South Dakota's School of Medicine has a program that teaches health care professionals how to care for the sick and elderly. The St.Louis County Health Department is the largest health care provider in the state, with more than 2,000 staff members. It is the only state-run health care agency in the county. The state has a population of more than 10,000.

Politics

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Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota = 85.1. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 27. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 20. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Mound = 3.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 9,398 individuals with a median age of 41.1 age the population grows by 1.74% in Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 3,284.87 residents per square mile of area (1,268.31/km²). There are average 2.32 people per household in the 4,133 households with an average household income of $75,355 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 7.00% of the available work force and has dropped -2.96% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 27.08%. The number of physicians in Mound per 100,000 population = 342.3.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Mound = 31.6 inches and the annual snowfall = 50 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 116. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 196. 80 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 3.9 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 48, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Mound, Hennepin County, Minnesota which are owned by the occupant = 75.32%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 37 years with median home cost = $210,180 and home appreciation of -19.40%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $12.06 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $5,786 per student. There are 18 students for each teacher in the school, 481 students for each Librarian and 763 students for each Counselor. 7.29% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 22.63% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 7.60% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).