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About

A safe, growing community in which to live and work which enhances the quality of its citizens' lives. www.andovermn.gov

Story

The city we know today as Andover was first organized in 1857 under the name “Round Lake Township.” However, in 1860 the name was changed to “Grow Township” in honor of Senator Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania. Senator Grow spoke at a political campaign in Anoka that year, and the town name was changed to honor Senator Grow because of his strong advocacy of the Union cause. At that time, the population was 330 and included the geographical area we know today as Ham Lake. In fact, the area of Ham Lake was considered a part of Grow Township until 1871.

Mission

Andover, a safe, growing community in which to live and work which enhances the quality of its citizens' lives through recreational opportunity, quiet neighborhoods, civic involvement, fiscal and environmental stewardship.

Impressum

City of Andover Social Media User Policy:
The City of Andover uses social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, as a means to provide two-way communication with the public. Although the City welcomes participation/comments from the public on its Facebook and Twitter pages, these pages are not a public forum.
The City reserves the right to delete comments that:
• contain vulgar language
• are personal attacks of any kind
• are offensive
• are prejudiced or hurtful remarks made toward any person or entity, including any ethnic, racial or religious group
• are spam
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• are off-topic
• advocate illegal activity
• promote services, products or political organizations
• infringe on copyrights or trademarks
• contains private or confidential data
• creates fear, panic
Please note that comments by others expressed on the City’s social networking sites do not reflect the opinions or positions of the City of Andover, its employees or elected officials.
The City of Andover has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the information provided on its Facebook page. However, several factors that are beyond the City's control (including inaccurate or misleading posts/comments from users, unauthorized modification of electronic data, transmission errors, browser incompatibilities, information that has been cached on the local computer or storage device, or other aspects of electronic communication) can affect the quality of the information displayed on this site. For that reason, the City does not guarantee the accuracy of the information provided on its Facebook and Twitter pages and is not liable for any reliance on this information.
Data Practices and Records Retention: To the extent that any content on social media is government data, such data are transitory communication and will not be retained.