Mendota Minnesota Map

About Mendota, Minnesota

Mendota is a locality in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. It is a small community with a population of 207. The population density is 370.8 people per km². Mendota is located at 44.8872°N, 93.1644°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. ZIP code: 55150.

Mendota rests where the Minnesota River, a broad, silken ribbon, surrenders itself to the mightier Mississippi, its waters carrying the reflections of a sky that shifts from the pale, hopeful blue of morning to the bruised purples and golds of evening. It lies 5.7 miles north of Eagan, MN (from Eagan, MN: bearing 1°T), and is situated 8.0 miles south-east of Minneapolis. The land here, a gentle swell and dip rather than a stark rise, is softened by the persistent greenery of summer and the stark, skeletal beauty of winter. Old farmsteads, their paint weathered to the color of bone, stand sentinel against the horizon, their silos like forgotten watchtowers. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid promise of distant storms or the dry, clean scent of freshly turned earth, and in the quiet hours, one can almost hear the low hum of the earth breathing beneath the cultivated fields. This place, Mendota, has long been a crossroads, a point of convergence for pathways both ancient and modern. Its strategic position at the confluence of these vital waterways shaped its early history, a fact that still whispers from the very stones of the historic buildings that dot the landscape. The economy, once tethered to the river trade and the bounty of the surrounding agricultural lands, now finds its pulse in a blend of small businesses and the steady hum of commerce that flows through the nearby metropolitan arteries. Mendota remembers its roots, a history woven not in grand pronouncements but in the enduring spirit of its people and the quiet persistence of the land itself, a testament to the enduring appeal of a life lived close to the earth and the water.

About This Mendota Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Mendota, Minnesota — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 44.887188, -93.164387. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Mendota and Dakota County.

Detailed location data for Mendota includes the ZIP code (55150), telephone area code (612, 952), county seat of Dakota County (Hastings), and school district assignment (West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Mendota is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.