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Location of New Plats
<br />During these twelve years 97 � 582 lots were platted (see Table 1). A1-
<br />most half of these, 48. 9 per cent, were in Hennepin County. Ramsey
<br />County accounted for 17. 9 per cent; Anoka County, 140 4 per cent. Even
<br />data on the county level offers evidence of changing patterns of develop-
<br />ment activity. Scott and Carver counties have consistently accounted
<br />for a small percentage of the total platting activity while the other
<br />counties have shown wide variatians from year to year in the per cent of
<br />total �.ctivity they accounted for. Even with the fluctuations, there are
<br />over-all trends apparent in some counties. About 60 per cent of the lats
<br />platted in the MPA in the years 1950-1954 were located in Hennepin
<br />County; this has declined to around 40 per cent in the last three years.
<br />Dakota County has shown an increase from around 4 per cent to 20 per
<br />cent. Ramsey County has had a slight decrease and Anoka a slight in-
<br />crease over the twelve-year period. The decrease in importance of
<br />Hennepin and Ramsey Counties is easily explained. During the early
<br />years of outward exparision from Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the two
<br />surrounding counties received most o� the growth. When the edge of
<br />development pushed farther outward, land in the other counties was
<br />equally as accessable to the central commercial and industrial areas.
<br />Table 1, NUMBER OF LOTS PLATTED, 1950-19b1
<br />MPA
<br />tr _ .. � T.,+o 1
<br />n.,�U� C:arver Dakota Hennepin R_amse
<br />Scott Washin�ton
<br />i Vwa �- ---- - -..
<br />1950 5 505 ?28 89 2b7 3,336 $67 93 193
<br />1951 4, 485 698 48 193 2, 566 787 --�
<br />1952 5 971 700 12 21? 3�405 1'�22 138 161
<br />1953 7,92� 79h 81 601 4, 9 �
<br />1954 10,395 865 38 ?75 6,248 2,238 151 80
<br />1955 13,178 2,193 17 807 6,526 3,12? 192 316
<br />1956 9, 486 8$4__ 134 1, 734 4, 047 2, 113 143 431
<br />1g57 8 027 736 282 927 3,5b9 1,906 297 310
<br />1058 7,693 1,148 74 799 3,675 54 253 1,090
<br />1 59 10 555 2 059 175 1,541 4,�38 1,142 72 1,228
<br />_ 1960 8, 239 2, Q61 _ 81 1, 445 2' �Q3 ?74 125 308
<br />1 61 6 127 1, 178 15 1, 234 2, ,
<br />Total 9? 589 14, 046 1, 046 10, 540 47, 756 17, 446 1, 627 5, 128
<br />% of T otal 14. 39 1. 0? 10 . 80 4. 9 3 17 . 8 8 1. ? 5. 26
<br />More evidence of a continuing change in direction of development is
<br />found in an examination of the years in which each community recorded
<br />the large5t number of lots platted. It appears that coinmunities become
<br />beehives of activit for two or three ears , then settle d�wn to more
<br />stable growth. the 3 communities that accounted or ?0. per cent
<br />o� the lots platted in the twelve�yea� span, the three most active years
<br />were consecutive in seven communities and ten other communiti�s had
<br />two consecutive peak years.
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