Mounds View, Minnesota

Mounds View is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 13,249 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

U.S. Highway 10, County Road 10, and Interstate Highway 35W are three of the main routes in the city.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 4.12 square miles (10.67 km²), of which 4.03 square miles (10.44 km²) is land and 0.09 square miles (0.23 km²) is water.

Rice Creek flows through southeastern Mounds View.

Mounds View borders Shoreview, Arden Hills, New Brighton, Fridley, Spring Lake Park, and Blaine. The boundary between Ramsey and Anoka Counties makes up the city's northern and western boundaries.

The city of Mounds View is in the former Mounds View Township, which was organized in 1858. In 1958, 100 years after Minnesota became a state, the village of Mounds View was incorporated. Post-World War II growth was fueled by the proximity of the Twin Cities Army Ammunition Plant in Arden Hills on the city's eastern border.

While the city's residential areas started to develop north and south of County Road 10 after World War II, businesses emerged along the corridor starting in the 1950s. Former notable businesses along the corridor include the 1980s nightclub Muldoon's Off 10 and Totino's restaurant. Current notable businesses in Mounds View include Sysco Distributing and Mermaid Entertainment & Event.

On May 6, 1965, a tornado passed through Mounds View, killing six people and destroying 46 homes.