Eagan

History

Eagan was named for Patrick Eagan, who was the first chairman of the town board of supervisors. He farmed a parcel of land near the present-day town hall. Eagan (born 1811) and his wife Margaret Twohy (born 1816) emigrated from County Tipperary, Ireland to Troy, New York, where they married in 1843. They arrived in Mendota circa 1853–54, before settling in the Eagan area. Eagan was settled as an Irish farming community and "Onion Capital of the United States". Its largest growth took place after Highway 77 was relocated and expanded and a six-lane bridge (with three northbound and three southbound lanes) was constructed over the Minnesota River in 1980 and the final Interstate 35E freeway section southbound from Minnesota State Highway 110 in Mendota Heights to the area where it joins 35W in Burnsville was completed in the mid-1980s. Eagan's northern border is mostly along Interstate 494. Its southern border is about a mile south of Cliff Road. Its eastern border runs mostly along Minnesota State Highway 3. The western border runs mostly along the Minnesota River's south bank. The city was visited by the "20th hijacker" of the September 11 attacks, Zacarias Moussaoui, before the attacks. Moussaoui attempted to complete flight training school, but was ultimately refused service by a local resident. In February 2026, Eagan's city council placed a one-year ban on the construction of new data centers and cryptocurrency mining operations after residents expressed concerns about data center water and electricity use. The ban restricts centers that would use more than 20 megawatts of electricity within 500 feet of homes. Eagan had four data centers active or in development before the ban, all under 20 megawatts of electricity use. Eagan was the first city in Minnesota to…

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Interstate Highway 35E, Interstate Highway 494, Minnesota Highways 13, 55, 77, and 149 are six of Eagan's main routes. The Eagan Core Greenway is an ongoing project to preserve Eagan's environmentally sensitive green space, with particular emphasis on Patrick Eagan Park and the two-mile (3 km) greenway connecting the park with Lebanon Hills Regional Park. File:Eagan Water Park.jpg|Cascade Bay File:Eagan Civic Arena.jpg|Civic Arena

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  86,377
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  83,686
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  82,598
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  73,562
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  67,150
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  66,380
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  66,302
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  65,706

Largest nearby schools

• ROSEMOUNT SENIOR HIGH
  High · ROSEMOUNT · 2,425 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• EASTVIEW SENIOR HIGH
  High · APPLE VALLEY · 2,308 students · 20.6:1 ratio
• EAGAN SENIOR HIGH
  High · EAGAN · 2,171 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• Burnsville High School
  High · BURNSVILLE · 2,119 students · 19.1:1 ratio
• APPLE VALLEY SENIOR HIGH
  High · APPLE VALLEY · 1,893 students · 18:1 ratio
• Two Rivers High School
  High · MENDOTA HEIGHTS · 1,479 students · 19.5:1 ratio
• BURNSVILLE AREA LEARNING CENTER
  High · BURNSVILLE · 1,390 students
• ROSEMOUNT MIDDLE
  Middle · ROSEMOUNT · 1,205 students · 19.8:1 ratio

Most recent

• M 2.8 — 2017-04-25
  Near Mankato, Minnesota