Jordan, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}} {{About|the city in Scott County|other uses|Jordan, Minnesota (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=June 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Jordan |settlement_type = City |nickname = |motto =  |image_skyline = JordanCH.JPG |imagesize = 250px |image_caption = Old City Hall (2008) |image_flag = |image_seal =  |image_map = Scott_County_Minnesota_Incorporated_and_Unincorporated_areas_Jordan_Highlighted.svg |mapsize = 250px |map_caption = Location within Minnesota and Scott County |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 =  |coordinates = {{Coord|44|39|53|N|93|38|07|W|region:US-MN_type:city|display=inline,title}} |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = United States |subdivision_type1 = State |subdivision_name1 = Minnesota |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Scott  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = Mayor |leader_name = Travis Fremming<ref>[https://jordanmn.gov/city-government/mayor-and-city-council/ Mayor and City Council; City of Jordan.]</ref> |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = Founded |established_date = 1853 |established_title1 = Established |established_date1 = 1872 |established_title2 = Incorporated |established_date2 = 1891  |unit_pref = Imperial |area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2020">{{cite web|title=2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2020_Gazetteer/2020_gaz_place_27.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=July 24, 2022}}</ref> |area_total_km2 = 8.53 |area_land_km2 = 8.47 |area_water_km2 = 0.06 |area_total_sq_mi = 3.29 |area_land_sq_mi = 3.27 |area_water_sq_mi = 0.02  |population_as_of = 2020 |population_est = 6777 |pop_est_as_of = 2021 |pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusEst2021"/> |population_footnotes = <ref name="2020 Census (City)"/> |population_total = 6656 |population_density_km2 = 785.90 |population_density_sq_mi = 2035.47  |timezone = CST |utc_offset = −6 |timezone_DST = CDT |utc_offset_DST = −5 |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> |elevation_ft = 853 |postal_code_type = ZIP Code |postal_code = 55352 |area_code = 952 |blank_name = FIPS code |blank_info = 27-32174 |blank1_name = GNIS feature ID |blank1_info = 2395483<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2395483}}</ref> |website = {{URL|https://jordanmn.gov/|jordanmn.gov}} }}

'''Jordan''' is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,656 at the 2020 census.<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/profile?g=1600000US2732174 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=March 15, 2022}}</ref>

==History== The community began on November 27, 1853, when Thomas A. Holmes ordered the construction of a sawmill. This establishment gave Jordan its first name, Holmes Mill.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sjbjordan.org/parish-history |title=Parish History - St. John the Baptist Catholic Church - Jordan, MN |website=sjbjordan.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160615061635/http://www.sjbjordan.org/parish-history |archive-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref>

A year after the mill's founding, Thomas's brother William Holmes moved to the site and began platting a settlement.<ref name="Upham 508">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n525 508]}}</ref> By 1855, he surveyed and recorded his settlement as Jordan City, after the Jordan River in Palestine.<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA180|year=1908|page=180}}</ref> Jordan City accumulated some success in 1855 and 1856 with the addition of a post office and a handful of businesses.

In 1860, the neighboring settlement of Brentwood was surveyed by S. A. Hooper, J. H. Gardner and R. W. Thomas. The two settlements competed until a legislative action consolidated them into the village of Jordan in 1872. The consolidation only helped the settlement and by 1880 the population had boomed to 915 along with a boom in businesses in the village. A few of these businesses were breweries, which became especially successful until prohibition in 1919 temporarily caused their closure.<ref> {{Cite book |last=Neill |first=Edward Duffield |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Minnesota_Valley/GGdAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sand%20creek |title=History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota |last2=Bryant |first2=Charles S. |last3=Minneapolis |first3=North star publishing company |date=1882 |publisher=North star publishing Company |pages=320-321 |language=en}} </ref>

Jordan was incorporated as a city in 1891.<ref name="Upham 508" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://twincitiespropertyfinder.com/city-of-jordan-a-brief-history/|title=City of Jordan: A Brief History -|date=September 22, 2015}}</ref>

==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of {{convert|3.31|sqmi|sqkm|2}}; {{convert|3.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.02|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=November 13, 2012 |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=July 2, 2012 }}</ref>

U.S. Highway 169 and State Highways 21 and 282 are three of the main routes in the community.

The architects and civil engineers known for designing the layout of Jordan's streets also founded the neighboring town of Belle Plaine.

===Climate=== {{Weather box | width = auto | collapsed = yes | single line = yes | location = Jordan, Minnesota (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1943–present) | Jan record high F = 59 | Feb record high F = 65 | Mar record high F = 82 | Apr record high F = 93 | May record high F = 99 | Jun record high F = 102 | Jul record high F = 105 | Aug record high F = 101 | Sep record high F = 95 | Oct record high F = 90 | Nov record high F = 77 | Dec record high F = 67 | year record high F = 105 | Jan high F = 21.9 | Feb high F = 26.5 | Mar high F = 39.5 | Apr high F = 54.8 | May high F = 67.2 | Jun high F = 77.2 | Jul high F = 80.7 | Aug high F = 78.2 | Sep high F = 71.5 | Oct high F = 57.9 | Nov high F = 41.1 | Dec high F = 27.4 | year high F = 53.7 | Jan mean F = 13.6 | Feb mean F = 17.8 | Mar mean F = 30.4 | Apr mean F = 44.3 | May mean F = 56.7 | Jun mean F = 67.3 | Jul mean F = 70.9 | Aug mean F = 68.3 | Sep mean F = 60.9 | Oct mean F = 47.7 | Nov mean F = 33.0 | Dec mean F = 19.8 | year mean F = 44.2 | Jan low F = 5.3 | Feb low F = 9.2 | Mar low F = 21.4 | Apr low F = 33.9 | May low F = 46.2 | Jun low F = 57.4 | Jul low F = 61.1 | Aug low F = 58.4 | Sep low F = 50.3 | Oct low F = 37.5 | Nov low F = 25.0 | Dec low F = 12.3 | year low F = 34.8 | Jan record low F = -41 | Feb record low F = -36 | Mar record low F = -34 | Apr record low F = 3 | May record low F = 18 | Jun record low F = 30 | Jul record low F = 39 | Aug record low F = 33 | Sep record low F = 14 | Oct record low F = 3 | Nov record low F = -20 | Dec record low F = -41 | year record low F = -41 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation inch = 0.81 | Feb precipitation inch = 0.89 | Mar precipitation inch = 1.76 | Apr precipitation inch = 2.81 | May precipitation inch = 4.47 | Jun precipitation inch = 5.06 | Jul precipitation inch = 3.76 | Aug precipitation inch = 5.19 | Sep precipitation inch = 3.20 | Oct precipitation inch = 2.66 | Nov precipitation inch = 1.55 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.16 | year precipitation inch = 33.32 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in | Jan precipitation days = 4.7 | Feb precipitation days = 3.8 | Mar precipitation days = 5.9 | Apr precipitation days = 8.2 | May precipitation days = 10.6 | Jun precipitation days = 10.3 | Jul precipitation days = 9.9 | Aug precipitation days = 8.6 | Sep precipitation days = 7.8 | Oct precipitation days = 7.2 | Nov precipitation days = 5.2 | Dec precipitation days = 5.4 | year precipitation days = 87.6 | Jan snow inch = 6.4 | Feb snow inch = 10.2 | Mar snow inch = 5.2 | Apr snow inch = 3.6 | May snow inch = 0.0 | Jun snow inch = 0.0 | Jul snow inch = 0.0 | Aug snow inch = 0.0 | Sep snow inch = 0.0 | Oct snow inch = 0.4 | Nov snow inch = 3.0 | Dec snow inch = 11.0 | year snow inch = 39.8 | unit snow days = 0.1 in | Jan snow days = 4.0 | Feb snow days = 3.0 | Mar snow days = 1.7 | Apr snow days = 0.9 | May snow days = 0.0 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.1 | Nov snow days = 1.3 | Dec snow days = 3.5 | year snow days = 14.5 | source = NOAA<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web |url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=mpx |title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = March 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web |url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00214176&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL |title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020 |publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |access-date = March 28, 2024}}</ref> }}

==Demographics== {{US Census population |1880= 915 |1890= 1233 |1900= 1270 |1910= 1151 |1920= 1106 |1930= 1119 |1940= 1422 |1950= 1494 |1960= 1479 |1970= 1836 |1980= 2663 |1990= 2909 |2000= 3833 |2010= 5470 |2020= 6656 |estyear=2021 |estimate=6777 |estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=August 8, 2022|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}</ref> |align-fn=center |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/> | align = right }} [[File:Jordan Brewery Ruins.jpg|thumb|Jordan Brewery Ruins (2015)]]

===2020 census=== As of the 2020 census, Jordan had a population of 6,656. The median age was 34.1 years. 31.9% of residents were under the age of 18 and 9.0% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 98.1 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 96.4 males age 18 and over.<ref name="Census2020DP">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic Profile (DP1)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dp?get=NAME,DP1_0021P,DP1_0024P,DP1_0025C,DP1_0049C,DP1_0045C,DP1_0069C,DP1_0073C,DP1_0125P,DP1_0126P,DP1_0129P,DP1_0133P,DP1_0137P,DP1_0138P,DP1_0139P,DP1_0141P,DP1_0142P,DP1_0143P,DP1_0145P,DP1_0146P,DP1_0147C,DP1_0148C,DP1_0149C,DP1_0156C,DP1_0157C,DP1_0158C,DP1_0159P,DP1_0160P&for=place%3A32174&in=state%3A27|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref><ref name="Census2020PL">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=NAME,P1_001N,P1_003N,P1_004N,P1_005N,P1_006N,P1_007N,P1_008N,P1_009N,P2_001N,P2_002N,H1_001N,H1_002N&for=place%3A32174&in=state%3A27|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2021|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

99.8% of residents lived in urban areas, while 0.2% lived in rural areas.<ref name="Census2020DHC">{{cite web|title=2020 Decennial Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC)|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/dhc?get=NAME,P2_002N,P2_003N&for=place%3A32174&in=state%3A27|website=United States Census Bureau|year=2023|access-date=April 28, 2026|df=mdy}}</ref>

There were 2,279 households in Jordan, of which 44.6% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 56.3% were married-couple households, 14.4% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 20.7% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

There were 2,355 housing units, of which 3.2% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 4.0%.<ref name="Census2020DP"/>

{| class="wikitable" |+ Racial composition as of the 2020 census<ref name="Census2020PL"/> ! Race !! Number !! Percent |- | White || 5,541 || 83.2% |- | Black or African American || 147 || 2.2% |- | American Indian and Alaska Native || 63 || 0.9% |- | Asian || 98 || 1.5% |- | Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 6 || 0.1% |- | Some other race || 349 || 5.2% |- | Two or more races || 452 || 6.8% |- | ''Hispanic or Latino (of any race)'' || 651 || 9.8% |}

===2010 census=== As of the census of 2010, there were 5,470 people, 1,871 households, and 1,428 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1662.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,961 housing units at an average density of {{convert|596.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.4% White, 0.6% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.3% Asian, 2.4% from other races, and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.5% of the population.

There were 1,871 households, of which 48.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.9% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.7% were non-families. Of all households, 18.4% were made up of individuals, and 6.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.35.

The median age in the city was 31.8 years. 34% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 32.9% were from 25 to 44; 20.8% were from 45 to 64; and 6.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.0% male and 50.0% female.

===2000 census=== As of the census of 2000, there were 3,833 people, 1,349 households, and 980 families living in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,466.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,423 housing units at an average density of {{convert|544.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.08% White, 0.50% African American, 0.60% Native American, 0.18% Asian, 3.10% from other races, and 1.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.60% of the population. ==Recreation== Jordan has a tradition of baseball. It is home to the Jordan Brewers amateur baseball team, state champions in 1986, 1994, 2004, and 2019. Brewer Tournament MVPs include Ron Beckman (1986), John Dolan (1994), Trent Bohnsack (2004), and Joe Lucas (2019).

Jordan is also home to the Post #3 Jordan Legion Baseball Team, which won the State Tournament four straight years from 2005 to 2008. It took 2nd place in 2010 and 3rd place in 2004 and 2009. It won the National/Regional Tournament three straight years from 2005 to 2007 and was runner-up in 2008.

Jordan High School athletic teams have different mascots for men (Hubmen), women (Jaguars) and cooperative sports (Panthers) with neighboring Belle Plaine. Jordan's High School football team won the Minnesota State championship in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnfootballhub.com/page/show/342452-state-champions|title=State Champions|website=MN Football Hub|language=en-us|access-date=October 23, 2017}}</ref>

Jordan is also home to Minnesota's Largest Candy Store.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Minnesota's Largest Candy Store |url=https://www.exploreminnesota.com/profile/minnesotas-largest-candy-store/5940 |access-date=2024-02-23 |website=Explore Minnesota |language=en}}</ref>

===Places of Worship===

thumb|alt=St John the Baptist Catholic Church camera facing slightly upward to show tall steeple.|St John the Baptist Catholic Church

'''St. John the Baptist Catholic Church''' was formed in 1858 from an influx of Catholics unsatisfied with the distance between a nearby church built that year and Holmes' Mill. The first church building was built on a plot donated by Thomas Holmes (see ''History''). In 1889, the church building was rebuilt at its current location.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Parish History {{!}} St John the Baptist Parish - Jordan |url=https://sjbjordan.org/parish-history/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232523/https://sjbjordan.org/parish-history/ |archive-date=2019-01-21 |access-date=2026-03-03 |work=St John the Baptist Parish - Jordan |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Neill |first=Edward Duffield |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Minnesota_Valley/GGdAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sand%20creek |title=History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota |last2=Bryant |first2=Charles S. |last3=Minneapolis |first3=North star publishing company |date=1882 |publisher=North star publishing Company |pages=321 |language=en}}</ref>

'''Sand Creek Baptist Church''' was established in 2006 as a church plant of the Prior Lake Baptist Church. They adopted the former Immanual United Methodist Church building in 2017, its current residence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History – Sand Creek Baptist |url=https://sandcreekbaptist.com/history/ |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=sandcreekbaptist.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Neill |first=Edward Duffield |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Minnesota_Valley/GGdAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sand%20creek |title=History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota |last2=Bryant |first2=Charles S. |last3=Minneapolis |first3=North star publishing company |date=1882 |publisher=North star publishing Company |pages=321 |language=en}}</ref>

'''Hope Lutheran Church''' was founded in 1973 under the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America from a congregation of locals.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Hope Lutheran Church |url=https://hope-jordan.org/who-we-are/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628023315/https://hope-jordan.org/who-we-are/ |archive-date=2023-06-28 |access-date=2026-03-03 |work=Hope Lutheran Church |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church''' was founded in 1867 under the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod from a congregation of locals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=about us {{!}} St. Paul Lutheran |url=https://www.spljordan.com/about_us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206123515/https://www.spljordan.com/about_us |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2026-03-03 |website=St. Paul Lutheran |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Neill |first=Edward Duffield |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_the_Minnesota_Valley/GGdAAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=sand%20creek |title=History of the Minnesota Valley: Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota |last2=Bryant |first2=Charles S. |last3=Minneapolis |first3=North star publishing company |date=1882 |publisher=North star publishing Company |pages=321 |language=en}}</ref>

===City parks=== * Brentwood Park * Pekarna Park * Lions Park * Log Cabin * Lagoon Park * Timberline Park * Holzer Park * Jordan Skateboard Park (designed by Jared Hunt and John Beckius) * Mini-Met Ball Park (directly adjacent to the Skateboard Park)

===State parks and reserves=== * Metropolitan Regional Park System * Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge * Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area

==Sexual abuse scandal== In 1985, several adults in Scott County were accused of sexually abusing children, although only one, James Rud, was convicted.{{ref|a}}<ref>[Child Sexual Abuse: The Scott County Investigation]. Accessed February 6, 2010. {{cite web|url=http://www.a-team.org/scott_county.html |title=Wrongly accused of child abuse, domestic violence, date rape, sexual harassment and child custody cases |access-date=May 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013084503/http://www.a-team.org/scott_county.html |archive-date=October 13, 2009 }}</ref> The case was the subject of the song titled "Jordan, Minnesota", by Chicago-based noise rock band Big Black, which appears on the 1986 album ''Atomizer''.<ref>[http://petdance.com/actionpark/bigblack/jordan/ Jordan, Minnesota] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121022233/http://www.petdance.com/actionpark/bigblack/jordan/ |date=January 21, 2010 }} Accessed February 6, 2010.</ref>

==Explanatory notes== :1.{{note|a}}See [https://www.lrl.mn.gov/docs/pre2003/other/850763.pdf Report on Scott County Investigations], Hubert H. Humphrey III, Attorney General (Feb. 12, 1985).

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://jordanmn.gov/ City of Jordan website]

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