Your Guide to Buying a Home in Apple Valley, MN

Buying a Home in Apple Valley, Minnesota

Apple Valley is located in Dakota County

Population: 45,527 Bridging the urban offerings of the Twin Cities and the pastoral lifestyle of the farm, Apple Valley is a city that combines the best elements of modern life with the strong community orientation of an old- fashioned small town.

The city revolves around a 3 ½-mile downtown center at the intersection of County Road 42 and Cedar Avenue. Intended to be the "main street" for the city and designed with extra-wide sidewalks, decorative lamps and trees, the area offers the convenience of centralized shopping in an updated atmosphere. Quiet residential neighborhoods surround the commercial center of the city and bump up against the campus of Apple Valley High School.

In fact, it is from the development of its first neighborhoods that Apple Valley takes its name.

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