Editing Mendota, Minnesota

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
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|population_total         = 183
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|postal_code              = 55150
|area_code                = [[Area code 651|651]]
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|blank_info               = 27-41678<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Mendota''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ɛ|n|ˈ|d|oʊ|t|ə}} {{respell|men|DOH|tə}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |title=Minnesota Pronunciation Guide |website=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722194213/http://www.ap.org/minnesota/prono.html |archive-date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref> is a city in [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The name is a mispronunciation of the Dakota word for the location, {{lang|dak|[[bdóte]]}}, which in [[Dakota people|Dakota tradition]] is the center of the world. The word in this use means "the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers," and generally "mouth or junction of one river with another."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/grammardictionar00riggrich#page/138/mode/2up|title = Grammar and dictionary of the Dakota language|year = 1852}}</ref> The population was 198 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

==History==
The town was one of the first permanent European-American settlements in the state of Minnesota, being founded around the same time as [[Fort Snelling]].  It is also the location of the Sibley Historic Site with two of the earliest known stone buildings in the State of Minnesota, the [[Henry Hastings Sibley]] house, the [[Jean-Baptiste Faribault|Faribault]] house, and other buildings associated with the [[American Fur Company]], all dating from the 1830s,<ref>{{cite web| title = Mendota - Walking in the Footsteps of History| url = http://www.mendotamn.org/| access-date = 2008-01-16| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080124011448/http://www.mendotamn.org/| archive-date = 2008-01-24}}</ref> and the [[Hypolite Dupuis|Dupuis House]], the first red brick house in Mendota, built in 1854 by [[Hypolite Dupuis]] for his wife, Angelique (Renville) Dupuis and his large, growing Dakota mixed-blood family. Hypolite Dupuis arrived in Mendota sometime between 1840, and 1842 and began clerking for Sibley.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hypolite Dupuis |url=https://www.mnhs.org/sibley/learn/hypolite-dupuis |website=Sibley Historic Site |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |access-date=18 September 2023}}</ref> The main route through the small city is [[Minnesota State Highway 13|State Highway 13]], also known as ''Sibley Memorial Highway''.  Other roads in the city are mainly small unimproved roads.

The city of Mendota is home to the [[Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community]], they are a non-federally recognized Indian community in Minnesota. They have sought federal recognition since 1996. They are a registered [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]]. Their present community came into existence after the [[United States Congress]] passed appropriation acts for the "Sioux in Minnesota" in the 1880s and 1890s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mendotadakota.com/mn/|title = Mendota Mdewakanton Dakota Tribal Community}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/50th-congress/session-1/c50s1ch503.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130222548/http://loc.gov/law//help/statutes-at-large/50th-congress/session-1/c50s1ch503.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-30 |url-status=live|title = About this Collection &#124; United States Statutes at Large &#124; Digital Collections &#124; Library of Congress|website = [[Library of Congress]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/50th-congress/session-2/c50s2ch412.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130224755/http://loc.gov/law//help/statutes-at-large/50th-congress/session-2/c50s2ch412.pdf |archive-date=2017-01-30 |url-status=live|title = About this Collection &#124; United States Statutes at Large &#124; Digital Collections &#124; Library of Congress|website = [[Library of Congress]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/51st-congress/session-1/c51s1ch807.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207222026/http://www.loc.gov/law/help/statutes-at-large/51st-congress/session-1/c51s1ch807.pdf |archive-date=2017-02-07 |url-status=live|title = About this Collection &#124; United States Statutes at Large &#124; Digital Collections &#124; Library of Congress|website = [[Library of Congress]]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.30|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|0.27|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.03|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-13|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-07-02}}</ref>

The city of Mendota is located at the confluence of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] and [[Minnesota River|Minnesota]] rivers.  The city is surrounded on three sides by the city of [[Mendota Heights, Minnesota|Mendota Heights]]. [[Fort Snelling State Park]] is nearby.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 348
|1890= 248
|1900= 282
|1910= 245
|1920= 193
|1930= 173
|1940= 228
|1950= 243
|1960= 259
|1970= 266
|1980= 219
|1990= 164
|2000= 197
|2010= 198
|2020= 183
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>
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===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> of 2010, there were 198 people, 78 households, and 52 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|733.3|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 82 housing units at an average density of {{convert|303.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.5% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.0% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.5% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 2.0% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 3.5% of the population.

There were 78 households, of which 34.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 12.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.3% were non-families. 26.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.54 and the average family size was 3.06.

The median age in the city was 37.8 years. 26.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 5.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.4% were from 25 to 44; 30.4% were from 45 to 64; and 10.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.5% male and 52.5% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 197 people, 80 households, and 48 families living in the city.  The population density was {{convert|1,045.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 80 housing units at an average density of {{convert|424.7|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 92.39% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.52% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 2.03% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.51% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.05% from two or more races.

There were 80 households, out of which 33.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 16.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.0% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 25.9% under the age of 18, 7.1% from 18 to 24, 33.0% from 25 to 44, 23.9% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 126.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 124.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $45,938, and the median income for a family was $51,250. Males had a median income of $40,750 versus $26,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $26,745.  None of the families and 1.3% of the population were living below the [[poverty line]].

==Notable people==
* [[Timothy J. Corbett]], first Roman Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Crookston
* [[Hypolite Dupuis]], Clerk for Henry H. Sibley, arrived in Mendota in 1842.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Strandmark |first1=Greg |title=Hypolite Dupuis |url=https://www.mnhs.org/sibley/learn/hypolite-dupuis |website=Sibley Historic Site |publisher=MNHS |access-date=2021-04-30}}</ref>
* [[Jean-Baptiste Faribault]], trader and early Minnesota settler
* [[Joseph Godfrey]], only African American combatant in the [[Dakota War of 1862]]
* [[Henry Hastings Sibley|Henry H. Sibley]], first [[List of Governors of Minnesota|Governor]] of Minnesota, arrived in Mendota in 1835

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.cityofmendota.org/ City of Mendota, MN – Official Website]

{{Dakota County, Minnesota}}

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[[Category:Cities in Minnesota]]
[[Category:Minnesota populated places on the Mississippi River]]
[[Category:Cities in Dakota County, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Minneapolis–Saint Paul]]
[[Category:Dakota toponyms]]
[[Category:Minnesota placenames of Native American origin]]