1750Government
After 1750, Mdewakanton Dakota then settled at Chief Black Dog's camp—near what is now Black Dog Lake in Burnsville.
1800History
The landing point for Irish and Scottish immigrants in 1800, Savage has grown into a developing bedroom community, absorbing population growth from Burnsville, its larger neighb...
1840Military
William Byrne, who immigrated from County Kilkenny, Ireland, to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1840, arrived in the area shortly after, via steamboat from Fort Snelling.
1852Government
In 1852, traders established a small post at the confluence of the Credit River and the Minnesota River.
1865Infrastructure
The Chicago & North Western (present day Union Pacific Railroad) railway line reached the site in 1865, and in 1866 the town gained a post office.
1880Architecture
The citizens of Savage reclaimed some of their history in the early 21st century, when it relocated the displaced Savage Depot built in 1880 by the then Chicago, Minneapolis and...
1892Government
The town incorporated in 1892 as the village of Hamilton.
1894History
The post office was later renamed Glendale Post Station in 1894 and formed Glendale Township to the west of Hamilton, but was later consolidated with Savage in 1969.
1902History
In 1902, Minneapolis entrepreneur Marion Willis Savage purchased racing horse Dan Patch and trained and raced him at his farm in the limits of Hamilton.
1904History
In 1904 the townspeople renamed the community after Savage with the post office officially confirming.
1906History
In 1906 at the Minnesota State Fair, Dan Patch broke the world pacing mile record at 1 minute and 55 seconds, a record that remained unsurpassed for 54 years.
1942Military
Established in 1942, the school trained with niseis and improved military intelligence of the time.
1996Architecture
By the 1980s, with the upgrade of Highway 13 and construction of the Highway 169 Bloomington Ferry Bridge in 1996 across the Minnesota River, Savage finally boomed as one of the...
2000History
=== 2000 census ===
As of the census of 2000, there were 21,115 people, 6,807 households, and 5,717 families living in the city.
2007History
The median income for a household in the city was $75,097, and the median income for a family was $79,244 (these figures had risen to $92,571 and $99,814 respectively as of a 20...
2010History
== Demographics ==
=== 2010 census ===
As of the census of 2010, there were 26,911 people, 9,116 households, and 7,222 families living in the city.