Elko New Market, Minnesota

Elko New Market is a city in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota from a merger of bordering cities Elko and New Market in 2006. The population was 4,110 at the 2010 census.

Served by the interstate and County Road 2, the city contains one public school Eagle View Elementary, and is primarily known for Elko Speedway. The New Market Hotel and Store is on the National Register of Historic Places. New Market contains a marker for the Big Woods of south central Minnesota.

New Market is named for the town near Cambridge, England though it was first named Jackson until its establishment in 1858. Elko was initially a railway village about the same time. Both Elko and New Market were common town names of the era according to the Minnesota Historical Society.

History

On March 21, 2006 both the cities of Elko and New Market passed a referendum to merge. The new city was named Elko New Market with the merger taking effect on January 1, 2007.

Geography

Located mid-way between the cities of Minneapolis and Faribault along Interstate 35, Elko New Market is in the southern exurban belt of the Minneapolis – Saint Paul area.

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