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Kasota Minnesota Community Guide


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Welcome to Kasota Minnesota 

Population: 
Kasota (city)  1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2000-2010 Change
Actual Percent
Population 732 739 655 680 675 -5 -0.74
Land Area (sq. mile) 1.00 1.17 0.99 1.01 1.00 -.01 -0.99
Density (persons per sq. mile) 732.00 631.62 661.62 673.39 675.00 -1.61 -0.24
Housing Units 202 256 262 279 305 +26 +8.52
Households -- 248 252 275 293 +18 +6.55
Persons Per Household -- 2.98 2.60 2.46 2.30 -0.16 -6.50

Geography:

Kasota is a city in Le Sueur County, Minnesota located about halfway between the cities of Mankato and St. Peter on the eastern side of the Minnesota River. Minnesota State Highway 22 serves as a main route in the community. U.S. Route 169 is nearby. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.00 square mile (2.59 km2), all of it land. The elevation is 807 ft (246 m) above sea level.

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Demographics:

As of the census of 2010, there were 675 people, 293 households, and 175 families residing in the city. The population density was 675.0 inhabitants per square mile (260.6/km2). There were 305 housing units at an average density of 305.0 per square mile (117.8/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 94.7% White, 1.2% African American, 0.6% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.9% from other races, and 1.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.2% of the population.

There were 293 households of which 29.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% were married couples living together, 10.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.3% were non-families. 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.30 and the average family size was 2.84.

The median age in the city was 36.9 years. 21.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29% were from 25 to 44; 30.6% were from 45 to 64; and 10.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.

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History:  

Kasota was platted in 1855. Kasota is a name derived from the Dakota language meaning "cleared off".

On July 1, 1892, the Sontag Brothers, John Sontag and George Contant, and their partner in crime, Chris Evans, tried to rob a train between St. Peter and Kasota along the Minnesota River. The bandits acquired nothing of value during this holdup, but their activities came under the review of Pinkerton detectives and both were apprehended in June 1893. year.

Babcock also was the first to begin quarrying Kasota limestone in and around the city of Kasota. The Babcock Company was the chief stone company throughout the early history of the city, and according to the Kasota Historical Society the relationship between the stone company and the city was less than spectacular. At one point the Babcock Company decided to blast within the city limits. This led to the creation of the park on County Road 21 in the town center, after the company was forced to fill in the quarry near the homes of city residents.[citation needed]

During the 1880s, the stone industry experienced an unexpected boom. It was during this time that C.W. Babcock took over the business from his father. He began applying modern quarrying methods, and in 1889 he formed a partnership with Tyrrell Swan Willcox, an immigrant from Rugby, England, who was instrumental in promoting the use of polished Kasota Stone for interior and exterior residential use. Much of the industry's boom was caused by the expansion of the railroads westward, requiring large quantities of stone for trestles and culverts.

In the early 1980s, the Babcock Company went bankrupt. The Vetter Stone Company subsequently bought the Babcock quarries, further expanding the business, which currently operates just outside the Mankato city limits. The Vetters were former employees of the Babcock Company who left to start their own company in the 1950s. The former location of the Babcock Company plant in Kasota is now occupied by Door Engineering, a company manufacturing industrial doors. Currently much of the former Kasota quarry is occupied by Unimin Corporation, who mine silica sand for hydraulic fracturing ("fracking").

Kasota stone was selected as the primary stone in the building of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. as well as the Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis, IN.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

KASOTA Township, settled in 1851, organized May 11, 1858, took the Dakota name of its village, in sections 29, 32, and 33, which was platted March 23, 1855, and was incorporated on April 28, 1890. It means, as noted by Prof. A. W. Williamson, "clear, or cleared off; the name sometimes applied by the Dakotas to the naked ridge or prairie plateau south of the village." This Kasota terrace of the valley drift, three miles long from north to south and averaging a half mile wide, is about 150 feet above the river and 75 feet lower than the general upland.

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Birds eye view, Kasota, Minnesota, 1909
Birds eye view, Kasota, Minnesota, 1909
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Government:
Kasota City Hall
200 N Webster Street
PO Box 218
Kasota, MN
56050
Phone: (507) 931-3290

Regular Business Hours:
Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 1:30 pm

City Council Meetings:
2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm


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Old City Hall, Kasota Minnesota
Title Term Ends Name and Address   Phone
Mayor 12/31/2022 Betty Ingalls
440 Webster Street S
Kasota, MN 56050
  (507) 382-5225
(507) 420-1520
Clerk/Treasurer appointed Sheila LeRoss
200 N Webster Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Email (507) 931-3290
Council Member 12/31/2022 April Slager
311 Ridgely Street N  PO Box 13
Kasota, MN 56050
  (303) 917-7839
Council Member 12/31/2022 Coty Reutzel
721 S Washington Street
Kasota, MN 56050
  (507) 848-5405
Council Member 12/31/2024 Roger Rehnelt
305 W Quarry Spring Street
Kasota, MN 56050
  (507) 469-0513
Council Member 12/31/2024 Richard Borglum
550 W Cherry Street - PO Box 160
Kasota, MN 56050
  (507) 461-3829

Post Office:
US Post Office
140 W Cherry Street
Kasota, MN
56050-2052
Phone:
(507) 931-5720
Toll Free:
(800) ASK-USPS

Regular Business Hours:
Week Days       8:00 am - 11:00 am
                        12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Saturday           8:30 am - 9:00 am

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Utilities:
Utility Type Utility Name Utility Phone
Electricity Xcel Energy (800) 642-6066
Natural Gas n/a n/a
Wastewater City of Kasota (507) 931-3290
Water City of Kasota (507) 931-3290
Telephone CenturyLink Communications (800) 603-6000
Cable TV Mediacom (800) 479-2082

Major Employers:
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Schools:
St. Peter School District
100 Lincoln Drive
St. Peter, MN 56082
Phone: (507) 934-5703
Web: www.stpeterschools.org

Grades: PK-12
Students: 
St. Peter High School
100 Lincoln Drive
St. Peter, MN 56082
Phone: (507) 934-4210
Web: www.stpeterschools.org/high.htm

Grades: 9-12
Students:  523
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St. Peter Middle School
100 Lincoln Drive
St. Peter, MN 56082
Phone: (507) 934-4210
Web:  www.stpeterschools.org/middle-high.htm

Grades: 5-8
Students:  305
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North Elementary School
815 North 9th Street
Saint Peter, MN 56082
Phone: (507) 934-3260
Web:  www.stpeterschools.org/north.htm

Grades: 2-4
Students:  625
 
South Elementary School
1405 S 7th Street
Saint Peter, MN 56082
Phone: (507) 934-2754
Web:  www.stpeterschools.org/south.htm

Grades: PK-1
Students:  446
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Churches:
First Presbyterian Church
141 Rice Street S
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-2100 
 

Media:
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Motels:
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Resorts:
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Campgrounds:
none 

Businesses:
Allen Street Bar and Grill
300 Webster Street S
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 519-1154 
 
APT Machining
320 Industrial Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-5425 
 
Artisan Restoration LLC
1102 Terrasol Drive
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931- 
 
Baker's Bay Get-A-Way
1216 Bakers Bay Road
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 720-1340 
 
Ballman Roofing and Coating
45668 State Highway 22
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 519-1196 
 
Blue Moon Bar and Grill
300 Webster Street S
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 519-1166 
 
Bridget's Hair and Nail Salon
401 Pearl Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 934-4247 
 
Capital Express
445 Industrial Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 934-2703 
 
Chankaska Creek Ranch and Winery
1179 Pearl Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-0089 
 
Covia
35496 468th Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-6081 
 
Door Engineering and Manufacturing
400 Cherry Street W
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-6910 
 
Drive A Tank
550 Cherry Street W
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-7385 
 
Guentzel Family Farms
32172 490th Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 317-1958 
 
Hallmark Art Glass
130 Webster Street N
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-9489 
 
Hansen Sanitation
636 Pearl Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 934-2511 
 
Haugbeck Homes Inc.
59155 243rd Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 385-7859 
 
Kasota City Hall
200 N Webster Street
PO Box 218
Kasota, MN
56050
Phone: (507) 931-3290

Regular Business Hours:
Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 1:30 pm

City Council Meetings:
2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm


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Kasota Fire Department
200 Webster Street N
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-1099 
 
Kern Brothers Entertainment
31530 Clarks Court
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 420-4057 
 
Key City Kennel Club
47081 Linden Lane
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 344-1159 
 
Mankato Clinic
1517 Squirrels Nest Road
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 625-1811 
 
Marlow Dairy Service
48347 Shanaska Creek Road
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 243-4322 
 
Meyer Snowplow Repair
48139 333rd Avenue
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 387-7316 
 
Moses Sheep Farm
47442 State Highway 22
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-3701 
 
Nielsen Blacktopping
305 Industrial Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 345-1499 
 
Nutrien Ag Solutions
972 Pearl Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 985-3400 
 
Oak Ridge Archery and Pro Shop
840 Rice Street N
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-5637 
 
Playing Possum
1208 William Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 934-5636 
 
Prairie Automation Ltd
31196 490th Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 243-4361 
 
Prairie Saloon and Grill
140 Webster Street N
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-1700 
 
Rehnelt Excavating LLC
305 Quarry Spring Street W
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 469-0513 
 
Riverbend Asphault Company
742 460th Street
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-4477 
 
St. Peter Well Drilling and Repair
45823 State Highway 22
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-1340 
 
Theuninck Construction
1424 Shoreway Drive
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 243-4212
 
U Direct Transportation 
48465 Red Iron Road
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 388-7559
 
US Post Office
140 W Cherry Street
Kasota, MN
56050-2052
Phone:
(507) 931-5720
Toll Free:
(800) ASK-USPS

Regular Business Hours:
Week Days       8:00 am - 11:00 am
                        12:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Saturday           8:30 am - 9:00 am

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Vantage Point Indoor Range
550 Cherry Street W
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-4867 
 
Vetter Sales and Service
540 Rice Street N
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 934-4628 
 
Waletich Corporation
303 Industrail Street E
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 931-2000 
 
Westwood Marina Bar and Grill
1400 Lake Washington Access Road
Kasota, MN 56050
Phone: (507) 243-9998 
 

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