Apple Valley, Minnesota Apple Valley, Minnesota Apple Valley amid the autumn of 2006 Apple Valley amid the autumn of 2006 Flag of Apple Valley, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Apple Valleywithin Dakota County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Apple Valley Apple Valley is a town/city in northwestern Dakota County in the State of Minnesota, and a suburb of the Twin Cities.
As of the 2010 census, the city's populace was 49,084, making it the 18th most crowded city in Minnesota.
In 2013, Money Magazine titled Apple Valley the 17th best place to live in the United States, up from 20th in 2010, 24th in 2008 and 28th in 2007. Apple Valley was established in 1969, and was previously titled Lebanon Township. Orin Thompson, a real estate developer, was responsible for the city's early development.
The firm that chose this region was in Apple Valley, California, so Thompson took that name for the development.
According to small-town developer Henry Broback, Lebanon Township was retitled Apple Valley because "...when you drive east on (County Road) 42 and turn to enter Lebanon, it reminded them of Apple Valley, California, which was a nice community." Apple Valley municipal building According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 17.57 square miles (45.51 km2), of which 16.86 square miles (43.67 km2) is territory and 0.71 square miles (1.84 km2) is water. The city's geography is rolling, with altitude from the lowest to the highest points in the town/city varying by a hundred feet or more.
The downtown region and its adjoining residentiary precinct (which formed the initial core of the town/city when it was incorporated) are in a shallow valley.
A lot of the region around Apple Valley is still undeveloped, or contains large quarries.
Apple Valley is in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, represented by Jason Lewis, a Republican.
Apple Valley is represented in the Minnesota Legislature by State Senator Greg Clausen (Democrat, District 57), Representative Erin Maye Quade (Democrat, District 57 - A), and Representative Anna Wills (Republican, District 57 - B).
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 83.8% White, 5.5% African American, 0.4% Native American, 5.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 2.0% from other competitions, and 3.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 18,875 homeholds of which 35.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 56.7% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 29.1% were non-families.
As of the census of 2000, there were 45,527 citizens , 16,344 homeholds, and 12,405 families residing in the city.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 29.7% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 33.1% from 25 to 44, 24.4% from 45 to 64, and 5.5% who were 65 years of age or older.
For a several years, the city's populace was among the quickest burgeoning in Minnesota, but it has virtually exhausted the amount of additional buildable territory inside town/city limits, and so its expansion has slowed considerably since 1990.
Apple valley hosts an annual 4 July festival called "Apple Valley Freedom Days" Festivities include one of the areas biggest parades that features small-town marching bands, service organizations, and many small-town businesses.
In the February the town/city hosts the Apple Valley Winter Carnival.
Apple Valley is home to the Minnesota Zoo, a nationally recognized zoological garden that homes hundreds of animals from a several distinct climatological zones.
Collections include an indoor Tropics Trail featuring animals from the worlds precipitation forests and tropical surroundings, the Minnesota Trail with native animals from Minnesota including black bears, wolves, wolverines and beaver pond.
Apple Valley High School assembled in the 1970s.
There are six elementary, three middle and three high schools in the city, all directed by Independent School District 196.
In addition to the two elected high schools, Apple Valley is home to a magnet school open to 11th and 12th graders, the School of Environmental Studies.
In fall 2007, Independent School District 196 opened three elementary-level magnet schools: Cedar Park Elementary, which will turn into a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) magnet; Diamond Path Elementary, which will have an International Studies theme, and Glacier Hills Elementary, with an Arts and Science theme. Some students attend enhance schools in other school districts chosen by their families under Minnesota's open enrollment statute. Interstate Highway 35 - E, Cedar Avenue, and County Road 42 are three of the chief routes in Apple Valley.
Highway 77 briefly enters the northern part of Apple Valley and becomes County Road 23 / Cedar Avenue.
Minnesota Valley Transit operates many weekday commuter busses to and from Downtown Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
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"The Transformation of a Dakota Community Lebanon Township to Apple Valley An Agrarian Township Becomes a Residential Success" (PDF).
"Profile for Apple Valley, Minnesota, MN".
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Apple Valley (Minnesota).
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