Carver County, Minnesota

Carver County
Carver County
County
	Carver County Sheriff's Office and Justice Center in Chaska, Minnesota
	Location within the U.S. state of Minnesota
	Minnesota's location within the U.S.
	Coordinates: 44°49′N 93°48′W / 44.82°N 93.8°W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Founded	February 20, 1855
Named for	Jonathan Carver
Seat	Chaska
Largest city	Chaska
Area
• Total	376 sq mi (970 km2)
• Land	354 sq mi (920 km2)
• Water	22 sq mi (60 km2) 5.8%
Population (2020)
• Total	106,922
• Estimate (2023)	111,057
• Density	302/sq mi (117/km2)
Time zone	UTC−6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−5 (CDT)
Congressional districts	3rd, 6th
Website	www.co.carver.mn.us

Carver County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The county is mostly farmland and wilderness with many unincorporated townships.^[2] As of the 2020 census, the population was 106,922.^[3] Its county seat is Chaska.^[4] Carver County is named for explorer Jonathan Carver, who in 1766–67, traveled from Boston to the Minnesota River and wintered among the Sioux near the site of New Ulm.^[5] Carver County is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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^ "State & County QuickFacts". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
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