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Main County Contact Information Minnehaha County Commission Office 415 N. Dakota Ave. Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Contact Terms and Conditions Email Updates Minnehaha County YouTube Channel
Minnehaha Hiawatha and Minnehaha, 1912 sculpture by Jacob Fjelde near Minnehaha Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnehaha (/ mɪniˈhɑːhɑː / mih-nee-HAH-hah; Dakota: Mníȟaȟa, ['mniχaχa]) is a Native American character in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 's 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha.
One of Minnesota’s most popular attractions is Minnehaha Falls, a waterfall smack dab in the center of Minneapolis.
The fifty-three-foot-high Minnehaha Falls was purchased by Minneapolis in 1889. It was the centerpiece of a new state park. The falls remain one of the state's most popular attractions for both residents and visitors. Their name is derived from the Dakota words mni for "water" and gaga for "falling" or "curling"—literally "water fall."
Contact Information Minnehaha County is governed by ten elected officials - 5 part-time County Commissioners, an Auditor, a Treasurer, a State's Attorney, a Register of Deeds and a Sheriff. Daily operations are managed by 19 full-time Department Heads. Please pick a department that you would like to contact or let us know what you want information on and we can direct you to the correct office.
Minnehaha County is a county on the eastern border of the state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 197,214, [1] making it the state's most populous county, and was estimated to be 212,691 in 2025. [2]
