Ham Lake is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 15,296 at the 2010 census.
Minnesota State Highway 65 serves as a main arterial route in the city.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.7 square miles (92 km), of which, 34.5 square miles (89 km) of it is land and 1.2 square miles (3.1 km) of it (3.50%) is water.
The earliest record of settlers in this area goes back to 1855, and in 1856 the group started a town. This was just south and west of a lake shaped like a ham. They platted and sold lots for a town they named, “Glen Carey,” a Scottish name meaning “Beautiful Valley.” The place was widely advertised as a future city. However, in 1857 all of the houses were destroyed by a prairie fire. Some of the inhabitants barely escaped with their lives saving only a very few household goods. They soon left the area as they had nowhere to live. There was no more settlement until 1866 when a Norwegian man settled in the…
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