Welcome to Mountain Lake!
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| Future Home Sites at Lakeview Estates |
Click on the button (to the left) to learn more about Mt. Lake's newest housing subdivision! *************************** Have questions about the Market Value of your property? Mt. Lake Board of Review, Tues. May 13, 5:30 p.m. City Hall. *************************************************** Located
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| The Buhler Visitor's Center at Heritage Village |
in southwestern Minnesota, along the vital Hwy. 60 corridor that links Mpls./St. Paul to Sioux Falls and Omaha, Mtn. Lake has a population of 2082 and serves eastern Cottonwood and western Watonwan Counties. Here's a quick look at our growing community. The first settler, William Mason, arrived in the area in 1865 followed by the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad (now the Union Pacific) in 1871. The area settled rapidly with the arrival of nearly 1,800 Russian Mennonite immigrants from 1873-1880. The town was not
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| Mtn. Lake enjoys a diversified local economy with retail, commercial, personal services, manufacturing, agriculture and ag related businesses. |
officially incorporated until 1886. By that time Mtn. Lake was a thriving village and a center for homes, business, education, commerce and service. And that remains true today. Today Mtn. Lake enjoys a strong sense of its past while looking to its future. The historical Heritage Village, on the city's southeastern edge, remembers the challenges German and Russian immigrants faced as they build new lives. Today the descendants of those nineteenth century immigrants enjoy a culturally diverse community
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| Hwy. 60 and the Union Pacific Railroad pass through Mtn. Lake. Trunk Highway 71 is 10 minutes to the west. Mtn. Lake is a half hour drive from I-90. |
with the recent addition of Mtn. Lake's newest immigrants, the Laotian, Hispanic and Hmong. The community continues to reflect the agricultural base on which it was founded. Today Mtn. Lake also enjoys a growing industrial base. The most recent addition is Mtn. Lake Furniture, which opened its door in August of 2002 and today employs over 30 people. A new business/manufacturing subdivision with utilities was annexed and platted in early 2002. The site, with direct access to Hwy 60, is poised to provide economic development and job growth into the 21st century for the inhabitants of Mtn. Lake. Two strong schools (public and private), a lake with public access, park and walking trail, golf course, medical center, excellent public library, low crime rate, a variety of senior housing options, employment opportunies and a full service downtown will make you want to call Mtn. Lake home! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Click here to visit our City Profile.
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