Prior Lake, Minnesota

Prior Lake
City
View of Prior Lake during winter
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Location of the city of Prior Lake within Scott County, Minnesota
Coordinates: 44°43′29″N 93°26′30″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
County	Scott
Founded	1872
Incorporated (village)	February 11, 1891
Incorporated (city)	June 1, 1921
Government
• Mayor	Kirt Briggs
• City Manager	Jason Wedel
Area
• City	19.53 sq mi (50.57 km2)
• Land	16.28 sq mi (42.16 km2)
• Water	3.25 sq mi (8.41 km2)  15.77%
Elevation	929 ft (283 m)
Population  (2020)
• City	27,617
• Estimate  (2022)	28,133
• Density	1,696.7/sq mi (655.09/km2)
• Metro	3,693,729
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code	55372
Area code	952
FIPS code	27-52594
GNIS feature ID	2396284
Website	priorlakemn.gov

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Prior Lake is an exurban city 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Minneapolis, next to Savage and Shakopee in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Surrounding the shores of Lower and Upper Prior Lake, the city is south of the Minnesota River in an area known as RiverSouth and establishes the urban fringe of the south-southwest portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The population was 27,617 at the 2020 census.

Prior Lake was incorporated as a village in 1891. It is one of the oldest cities in the south metro area. The city's modern rapid growth is due in part to the ease of access for commuters to the rest of the region, via the upgraded State Highway 13.