Inver Grove Heights is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States.

After the signing of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851, settlers from Ireland and Germany quickly staked claims in the rolling countryside west of the Mississippi River.

[5] Records show that 240 farms, four churches, and four school districts were founded by 1880.

80th Street East (numbered from downtown Saint Paul) crosses the city in an east–west direction.

In 2022, a meteoric impact crater was identified in the Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific and Natural Area in southern Inver Grove Heights.

It has been informally named the "Pine Bend impact" and has been dated to 500 million years ago.

In 2007, the Metropolitan Council estimated the employment in Inver Grove Heights to be 11,158.

Inver Grove Heights is also the home of Gertens Greenhouses, one of the largest garden center locations in the United States.

Inver Grove Heights's municipal government provides for a council of five members, one of whom is the mayor.

The non-mayoral seats are elected in pairs, giving voters the chance to vote for up to two candidates.

The southern, eastern, and far western portions of the city (precincts 2-7) are joined by regions south and west to form the Fourth District of the County Commission, which has been represented by former State Representative and former Inver Grove Heights Mayor Joe Atkins since 2017.

[30] Inver Grove Heights is in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, represented by Angie Craig since 2019.

The city is in the state's 53rd legislative district, represented in the Minnesota Senate by Matt Klein.

The city also has a public community center with a waterpark, two sheets of ice and a full gym shared with the National Guard.