Savage, Minnesota
Savage /ˈsævɪdʒ/ is a suburban city 15 miles (24 km) south-southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city is on the south bank of the Minnesota River in a region commonly called South of the River, comprising the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The population of Savage was 32,465 at the 2020 census.
Savage
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Location of the city of Savage within Scott County, Minnesota | |
| Coordinates: 44°45′16″N 93°21′47″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Scott |
| Founded | 1852 |
| Incorporated | 1892 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Janet Williams |
| • Council | Bob Coughlen Christine Kelly Stacy Crakes Matt Johnson |
| Area | |
| • City | 16.42 sq mi (42.53 km2) |
| • Land | 15.60 sq mi (40.41 km2) |
| • Water | 0.82 sq mi (2.11 km2) 4.98% |
| Elevation | 889 ft (271 m) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • City | 32,465 |
| • Estimate (2022) | 32,893 |
| • Density | 2,080.69/sq mi (803.35/km2) |
| • Metro | 3,690,512 |
| Time zone | UTC−6 (Central) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−5 (CDT) |
| ZIP code | 55378 |
| Area code | 952 |
| FIPS code | 27-58738 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2396543 |
| Website | cityofsavage.com |
Minnesota State Highway 13 and County Road 42 are two of the main routes in Savage. Interstate 35W and U.S. Highway 169 are in close proximity to the city.
The landing point for Irish and Scottish immigrants in 1800, Savage has grown into a developing bedroom community, absorbing population growth from Burnsville, its larger neighbor to the east. Once a shipbuilding port for the U.S. Navy, Savage is now an industrial manufacturing job center in the southern metro. The city is still relatively undeveloped, with sections of the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve within its borders.
Previously named Hamilton after the city in Ontario, Canada, the town was renamed Savage after Marion Willis Savage, who owned and trained the nationally celebrated racing horse Dan Patch.