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Burnsville, Minnesota

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The city of Burnsville is located in Dakota County.

Burnsville is 290 feet [88.39 m] above sea level.<1>

Time Zone: Burnsville lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Burnsville can be found in:

 AlabamaNorth Carolina
 IndianaPennsylvania
 MississippiVirginia
 New BrunswickWest Virginia

At the time of the 2000 Census, Burnsville had a population of 60,220 people<2> (or 16.83% of the total population of Dakota County). The population of Burnsville represented 1.22% of the total of Minnesota, making it the state's 10th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Burnsville had a population of 59,139 people. This is a decrease of 1.8% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Burnsville.

YearPopulationChange
Since 2000
Year-to-Year Change
200859,139-1.8%+0.24% since 2007
200758,996-2.03%+0.17% since 2006
200658,897-2.2%+0.16% since 2005
200558,805-2.35% 
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200060,220The Last Census

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

 Community DirectionDistance<3>2008
Population
Change
Since 2000
 Eagan   NE6 mi [9.66 km]63,9850.67% increase
 Eden Prairie   NW10 mi [16.09 km]61,19111.46% increase
 Edina   NW9 mi [14.48 km]45,6083.83% decrease
 Lakeville   S6 mi [9.66 km]54,54226.47% increase
 Minneapolis   N13 mi [20.92 km]382,605---
 Minnetonka   NW14 mi [22.53 km]50,0812.38% decrease

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Burnsville.

Websites for Burnsville

Official Website:   www.ci.burnsville.mn.us/
   
Chamber of Commerce:   www.burnsvillechamber.com/

If you know of a local history or genealogy society for either Burnsville or Dakota County, would you please send us the URL for their website? We would like to add their link to our Gazetteer. To contact us, please visit our Feedback Page.




Search for Local Businesses

People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Burnsville. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

Lodging     Gas Stations     Banks              
Bed & Breakfast     Truck Stops     Real Estate    
Campgrounds      Rentals    
Restaurants     Auto Repair      
 RV Repair     Churches    
Food/Groceries        
Pharmacy     Auto Parts     Libraries    
  RV Parts     Schools    
Attractions     Motorcycle Parts     Government Offices    
     
Fishing/Hunting     Hospitals      
Hiking/Camping     Doctors      
  Dentists      
Other...     Veterinarians      

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).



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The following websites contain collections of photos taken around Burnsville:

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Looking for more websites and/or information centered on Burnsville? Please visit the Map Page for Burnsville.


Footnotes

<1>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Burnsville - it wil be higher in some places and lower in others.

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<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Burnsville.

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<3>Our distances are calculated as a straight-line (or point-to-point) distance between Burnsville and the indicated community. The distance should be treated as an estimate and not as the driving distance.

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<4>All Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint.

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