Map of Andover city, Minnesota

Andover is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 32,601 at the 2020 census.

Andover city overview:
Name:	Andover city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Anoka County
Founded:	1857
Elevation:	876 ft (267 m)
Land Area:	33.87 sq mi (87.73 km²)
Water Area:	0.96 sq mi (2.48 km²) 2.72%
Population Density:	962.48/sq mi (371.62/km²)
ZIP code:	55304
Area code:	763
FIPS code:	2701486
GNISfeature ID:	2393954
Website:	andovermn.gov

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History

Andover first organized in 1857 as Round Lake Township.

In 1860 after an Anoka, Minnesota speech by U.S. Representative Galusha Aaron Grow from Pennsylvania who was an abolitionist and a major figure in the Homestead Act, the town name was changed to Grow Township.

Ham Lake Township split from Andover, known as Grow Township at the time, in 1871.

Once a stop on the Great Northern Railway, Andover was established as a city in 1976.

A popular myth surrounding the origins of the name “Andover” describe a train tipping of the railroad tracks, and an eyewitness describing that the train “went over and over”, however this proves to be false because an Anoka County Union Newspaper article first mentions the name in an articled dated March 14, 1899, before any railroad tracks went through the city. The article described the Great Northern Railway announcing the names of new stations being located throughout the area, including a station named “Andover Station”. The origin of the name for the station is unknown.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 34.83 square miles (90.21 km), of which 33.88 square miles (87.75 km) is land and 0.95 square miles (2.46 km) is water. County Roads 9, 18, 78, and 116 are the main routes in the community. U.S. Highway 10 is nearby.

Crooked Lake is the only fully recreational lake in Andover. It is on the southern border of the city with the majority of the lake in neighboring Coon Rapids.