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Woodbury, Minnesota

Woodbury, Minnesota
City
City of Woodbury
Woodbury City Hall in October 2008
Woodbury City Hall in October 2008
Flag of Woodbury, Minnesota
Flag
Official seal of Woodbury, Minnesota
Seal
Location of the city of Woodburywithin Washington County, Minnesota
Location of the city of Woodbury
within Washington County, Minnesota
Coordinates: 44°55′08″N 92°56′12″W / 44.91889°N 92.93667°W / 44.91889; -92.93667Coordinates: 44°55′08″N 92°56′12″W / 44.91889°N 92.93667°W / 44.91889; -92.93667
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Washington
Incorporated 1967
Government
 • Mayor Mary Giuliani Stephens
Area
 • City 35.56 sq mi (92.10 km2)
 • Land 34.73 sq mi (89.95 km2)
 • Water 0.83 sq mi (2.15 km2)  2.33%
Elevation 1,063 ft (302 m)
Population (2010)
 • City 61,961
 • Estimate (2015) 67,855
 • Rank US: 517th MN: 9th
 • Density 1,784.1/sq mi (688.8/km2)
 • Metro 3,524,583 (US: 16th)
ZIP codes 55125, 55129
Area code(s) 651
FIPS code 27-71428
GNIS feature ID 0659734
Website www.ci.woodbury.mn.us

Woodbury is a suburb of St. Paul and the largest city in Washington County, Minnesota. It is part of the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area. Woodbury is situated east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94. The population was 61,961 in 2010 but 2015 US Census estimates reveal a population of 67,855, making it Minnesota's ninth largest city.

At almost 36 square miles in size, Woodbury is a direct descendant of one of the congressional townships that Minnesota Territory was divided into when the territory was ceded by the Native Americans of the United States and "opened to settlement." Woodbury was originally named Red Rock, but was renamed Woodbury after Levi Woodbury, the first justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to attend law school, realized that another Red Rock existed in Minnesota. When first settled in 1844, the land was mostly wood but was converted to farmland. The township government was organized in 1858. One of the city's few surviving 19th-century farms, the Charles Spangenberg Farmstead, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The first suburban housing development began in 1955, and the city has seen an increasing level of metropolitan expansion as the farmland has given way to developments and shopping malls.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.56 square miles (92.10 km2), of which, 34.73 square miles (89.95 km2) is land and 0.83 square miles (2.15 km2) is water.


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