Savage travel guide

Savage is a suburb 15 miles (25 km) south-southwest of downtown Minneapolis in Scott County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city is situated on the south bank of the Minnesota River in a region commonly referred to as South of the River, comprising the southern portion of Minneapolis-St. Paul, the sixteenth largest metropolitan area in the United States. The U.S. Census Bureau recorded the population of the city of Savage at 21,115 people in 2000. The Metropolitan Council estimate for 2006 was 25,065.
Minnesota Highway 13 and County Road 42 are two of the main arterial routes in the city. Interstate Highway 35W and U.S. Highway 169 are in close proximity to the city.
The landing point for Irish and Scottish immigrants in 1800, Savage has grown into a developing bedroom community, absorbing population growth from its larger neighbor to the east Burnsville. Once a ship building port for the U.S. Navy, Savage is now an industrial manufacturing job center in the southern metro. The city is still relatively undeveloped, rural, and wild with sections of theMinnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge and Murphy-Hanrehan Park Reserve within it's borders.
Previously named Hamilton after the city in Ontario, Canada, the town was renamed Savage after Marion Willis Savage who owned and trained the nationally celebrated racing horse Dan Patch. (...) more....

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