Palomino Horses for Sale near Waconia, MN

About Waconia, MN

A post office has been in operation at Waconia since 1860. The city took its name from Lake Waconia. Waconia has several buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places (see: National Register of Historic Places listings in Carver County, Minnesota). One of the more prominent listings is for Coney Island of the West on Lake Waconia, where cottages, boathouses and resort hotels attracted tourists, especially from 1884 until the late 1920s, when the rise of the automobile allowed people to travel farther away for summer vacations. Waconia City Hall West Main Street Houses, from left to right 417, 429, and 453 W.