Location
Chanhassen is in Carver County CHANHASSEN Township received its earliest settlers in June 1852 and was organized May 11, 1858. The name, adopted on the suggestion of Rev. Henry M. Nichols, means the "sugar maple," being formed of two Dakota words, chan (tree) and hassen (for hasan, from haza or hah-zah, the huckleberry or blueberry), thus signifying "the tree of sweet juice." The township merged on May 8, 1967, with the village of Watertown. The city of Chanhassen, sections 12 and 13, and extending into Hennepin County, was incorporated as a village on April 25, 1896; its post office, 1854-63, began in Hennepin County and transferred to Carver County in 1857. The village was permanently settled in 1881, and a post office was reestablished in 1882. Hear Chanhassen spoken From: Upham, Warren. Minnesota Place Names: A Geographical Encyclopedia. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, First edition 1920. Third Edition 2001. Print.
