Map of Jordan city, Minnesota

Jordan is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,656 at the 2020 census.

Jordan city overview:
Name:	Jordan city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Minnesota
County:	Scott County
Founded:	1853
Incorporated:	1891
Elevation:	771 ft (235 m)
Total Area:	3.29 sq mi (8.53 km²)
Land Area:	3.27 sq mi (8.47 km²)
Water Area:	0.02 sq mi (0.06 km²)
Total Population:	6,656
Population Density:	2,035.47/sq mi (785.90/km²)
ZIP code:	55352
Area code:	952
FIPS code:	2732174
GNISfeature ID:	0645735
Website:	jordanmn.gov

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History

The city of Jordan began on November 27, 1853, when Thomas A. Holmes ordered the construction of a sawmill. This establishment gave Jordan its first name, Holmes Mill.

A year after the mill’s founding, Thomas’s brother William Holmes moved to the site and began platting a settlement. By 1855, he successfully surveyed and recorded his settlement as Jordan City, after the Jordan River in Palestine. Jordan City accumulated some success in 1855 and 1856 with the addition of a post office and a handful of a businesses.

In 1860, the neighboring settlement of Brentwood was surveyed by S. A. Hooper, J. H. Gardner and R. W. Thomas. The two settlements competed until a legislative action consolidated them into the village of Jordan in 1872. The consolidation only helped the settlement and by 1880 the population had boomed to 915 along with a boom in businesses in the village. A few of these businesses were breweries, which became especially successful until prohibition in 1919 temporarily caused their closure.

Jordan was finally incorporated as a city in 1891.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.31 square miles (8.57 km); 3.29 square miles (8.52 km) is land and 0.02 square miles (0.05 km) is water.

U.S. Highway 169, and State Highways 21 and 282 are three of the main routes in the community.

The architects and civil engineers known for designing the layout of the streets of Jordan, also founded the neighboring town of Belle Plaine.