Biohazard and Crime Scene Remediation in Kasota, MN

Kasota is a small city within the larger Kasota Township in southwestern Le Sueur County, Minnesota, sitting on the east side of the Minnesota River about halfway between Mankato and St. Peter.

Kasota was platted in 1855, and its name is derived from a Dakota language word meaning "cleared off."

Kasota's early prosperity came from stone rather than farming: pioneer J. W. Babcock, who arrived in 1851, was the first to quarry the local limestone, the Babcock Company became the chief stone company in the city's early history, and the stone industry boomed in the 1880s.

Kasota limestone, quarried in and around the city, became a well-known Minnesota building stone used in landmark buildings across the country.

Kasota Village Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

On July 1, 1892, the outlaw Sontag brothers, John Sontag and George Contant, and their partner Chris Evans tried to rob a train between St. Peter and Kasota along the Minnesota River; they got nothing of value and were apprehended in June 1893 after Pinkerton detectives took up the case.

Kasota had a population of 714 at the 2020 census, up from 675 in 2010, when the city had 293 households, and the city covers just 1.00 square mile.

The Kasota Prairie, a Scientific and Natural Area designated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, lies about two miles south of the city center.