Mendota, Minnesota

About Mendota

Mendota is a tiny community in eastern Minnesota counting 185 people who proudly call it home.

Mendota holds the status of an incorporated city with its own municipal government. The community covers 0.27 square miles, giving it a balanced suburban layout with room to breathe at roughly 685 residents per square mile.

📰 Mendota News Today

• Sustainable Mendota Heights Business Spotlight Mendota Heights, MN (.gov) · Jul 27
• Body found in Wisconsin believed to be missing Mendota Heights man CBS News · Aug 5
• Missing Mendota Heights man, 89, found dead in Wisconsin woods after 2-week search - FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · Aug 5
• Vehicle connected to missing Mendota Heights man found in Wisconsin Bring Me The News · Jul 29
• Family calls on public to help find missing 89-year-old Mendota Heights man kare11.com · Jul 24

Live headlines via Google News — updates through the day.

What Makes Mendota Unique

• One of the smallest municipal footprints in the country at just 0.27 sq mi.
• Positioned in eastern Minnesota, convenient to the region's corridors and crossings.
• Part of the fabric of Minnesota — one of 915 recognized communities statewide.

Why People Love It Here

• A tight community feel that bigger cities can't replicate.
• Cost of living typically runs below the big-metro average.
• Well connected: 3+ neighboring communities within 4 miles.

📍 Neighborhoods in Mendota

Click a neighborhood to see it on the map.

🍽️ Where to Eat in Mendota

• Arya Café — coffee shop (café)
• Berry Sweet Kitchen
• Cecil's Delicatessen & Restaurant — sandwich
• Crema Coffee + Cream — coffee shop (café)
• Dominguez Family Restaurant — mexican
• Five Star Cafe — coffee shop
• Highland Cafe and Bakery (café)
• Las Teresitas — mexican
• Okome House — japanese
• Quixotic Coffee — coffee shop (café)

Local spots mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🎡 Fun Things to Do

• Historic Fort Snelling · Attraction
• John H. Stevens House Museum · Museum
• Longfellow House · Museum
• Minnehaha Depot · Museum
• Minnesota Air National Guard Museum · Museum
• Plank Museum & Visitor Center · Museum

Attractions mapped by the OpenStreetMap community.

🏞️ Parks & Outdoors in Mendota

• Fort Snelling State Park · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Gateway Park reviews ★
• Hidden Falls Regional Park reviews ★
• Howell Park reviews ★
• Mní Ówe Sní (Coldwater Spring) reviews ★
• Morris Park reviews ★
• Míča Park reviews ★
• Pilot Knob Preservation Site · Nature reserve reviews ★
• Uŋči Makȟa Park reviews ★
• Assembly Union Park reviews ★
• English Garden · Garden reviews ★
• Ford Parkway reviews ★

Parks mapped by the OpenStreetMap community · "reviews" opens each park's live Google reviews.

🏫 Schools in Mendota

• Early Ed Highland
• HIGHLAND PARK ELEMENTARY
• HIGHLAND PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL
• HIGHLAND PARK SENIOR HIGH
• HORACE MANN SCHOOL
• JIE MING MANDARIN IMMERSION ACADEMY
• Urban Academy

Public schools, U.S. Dept. of Education (NCES) 2023–24 directory.

⚡ Quick Facts

🗺️ Map of Mendota

🏘️ Nearby Communities