Schmid Law Firm: Serving Shakopee, MN
The city of Shakopee puts special care into its efforts to keep community members safe. The police force, for example, has instituted a program called the Shakopee Police Department Citizen Academy to provide citizens insight into the challenges law enforcement officers face. Similarly, we at Schmid Law Firm do everything we can to assist our business and individual clients in the most efficient and expeditious manner possible.
As a general-practice law firm, we are just as dedicated to transactional and litigation-based cases, including those within the areas of estate planning, corporate and business law, bankruptcy and real estate. Our familiarity with Shakopee's various city resources serves to enhance the value of the legal services we offer.
Read on for some helpful information about the City of Shakopee.
Shakopee is located in the southwest corner of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Residents of Shakopee enjoy both the atmosphere of a small town and the resources of a thriving metropolitan area. Incorporated in 1857 as a booming river town, today Shakopee is the county seat of Scott County, one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
Scott County consists of the cities of Jordan, Elko New Market, New Prague, Prior Lake, Savage, Shakopee, Belle Plaine, Blakeley, Cedar Lake, Credit River, Helena, Jackson, Louisville, New Market, St. Lawrence, Sand Creek and Spring Lake townships.
The Shakopee Historic District includes significant historical artifacts from pre-contact Native American cultures, the Dakotah people, and early white settlers. The earliest sign of habitation are burial mounds, while the most recent include a gristmill, inn ruins, and ferry landing. |
Apple Valley was incorporated in 1969, and is the 18th most populous city in Minnesota. In 2010, Money Magazine named Apple Valley the 20th best place to live in the United States.
Burnsville is located 15 miles south of downtown Minneapolis and is part of Dakota County. Burnsville is the sixth-largest suburb in the metro area.
As the southern gateway to the Twin Cities, Lakeville offers the advantages of living near a metropolitan area while providing a family-friendly atmosphere with outstanding recreational opportunities.
Seen as the sister city of Shakopee, Prior Lake is one of the oldest southern metro cities and is 20 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County in Minnesota.
Incorporated in 1857 as a booming river town, today Shakopee is the county seat of Scott County, one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States.
Savage is in Scott County in Minnesota and is bordered to the east by the city of Burnsville, to the west by the cities of Shakopee and Prior Lake, and on the south by Credit River Township. |
