Merriam
Merriam was a town in Scott County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The town has since been closed altogether.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: former populated place in Scott County, Minnesota, United States
- Also known as: “Merriam, Minnesota”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe.
Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe
Archaeological site
Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe, also called Little Rapids or simply Inyan Ceyaka, was a summer planting village of the Wahpeton Dakota on the Minnesota River in what is now Louisville Township, Minnesota, United States. Inyan Ceyaka Otonwe is situated 1½ miles southwest of Merriam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carver and Chaska.
Carver
Village
Carver is a city in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. Located along the Minnesota River, the population was 5,829 at the 2020 census. The city is named after early explorer Jonathan Carver. Carver is situated 2½ miles northwest of Merriam.
Chaska
Town
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Twin Cities of Minnesota constitute the political, cultural, and economic capital of the Upper Midwest, and along with the Chicago, Milwaukee, and Detroit metropolitan areas, the core of the North Coast region of the United States. Chaska is situated 3½ miles north of Merriam.
Shakopee
Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shakopee is a city in and the county seat of Scott County, Minnesota, United States. It is southwest of Minneapolis. Sited on the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the nation's 16th-largest metropolitan area, with 3.7 million people.
Merriam
- Categories: former settlement and locality
- Location: Louisville Township, Scott, Minnesota, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.73774° or 44° 44′ 16″ northLongitude
-93.5944° or 93° 35′ 40″ westElevation
755 feet (230 metres)Open location code
86P8PCQ4+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 151745311OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Merriam” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “梅里厄姆”
- Japanese: “メリアム (ミネソタ州)”
- Japanese: “メリアム”
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