Shakopee (US-MN)
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Shakopee is a city southwest of downtown Minneapolis in the State of Minnesota and the county seat of Scott County. On the south bank bend of the Minnesota River, Shakopee and nearby suburbs comprise the southwest portion of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States with 3.3 million people. The population of Shakopee was 37,076 at the 2010 census.
The river bank's Shakopee Historic District contains burial mounds built by prehistoric cultures. In the 17th century, Chief Shakopee of the Mdewakanton Dakota established his village on the east end. Trading brought about the city's establishment in the 19th century and Shakopee boomed as a commerce exchange site between river and rail at Murphy's Landing. Once an isolated city in the Minnesota River Valley, by the 1960s its economy shifted to the expanding metropolitan area. Significant growth as a bedroom community occurred after U.S. Highway 169 was realigned in 1996 toward the new Bloomington Ferry Bridge.
The city is known for the Valleyfair amusement park and the Canterbury Park racetrack.
Territorial Postmarks
Sha-K'Pay post office was established Nov 25, 1853 while in territorial status with the first postmaster being Thomas Holmes. The name was changed to Shakopee Apr 13, 1857.
SHA-K'PAY M.T. (Minnesota Territory) JUN 10 postmark (1854, 5 or 6) addressed to Squire G. Eastman, Concord New Hampshire.
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Shakopee M.T. manuscript cancel Oct 28, 1854, 3 cents paid, addressed to Martha Bronson, Washington, Litchfield Co., Connecticut. One of two known manuscript cancels.
