Lake Elmo is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States.

After the city lost a lawsuit against the Metropolitan Council, a regional planning authority, the Minnesota Supreme Court in 2005 ordered that it had to compile a plan in accordance with the Council's regional development guide.

[11] Council members are Mike Charles Cadenhead (mayor), Jeff Holtz, Katrina Beckstrom, Dale Dorschner, and Lisa McGinn.

Planning Commission members are Charles Cadenhead (chair), Jeff Holtz, Jordan Graen, Kyle Risner, Brian Steil, Kathy Weeks, and Brandon Mueller.

Park Commission members are John Ames, Jean Olinger, Barry Weeks, John Mayek, Isak Nightingale, and Steve Schumacher.

[12] Minnesota State Highway 36 runs east–west along Lake Elmo's northern boundary.

County State-Aid Highway 14 serves as the main east-west route and County State-Aid Highway 17 as the main north-south route.

14.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 4.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

13.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

It focuses on programs in health sciences, nursing, criminal justice, technology and design, business, and early education.

[citation needed] The primary source area for the Baytown Township Groundwater Plume Contamination Superfund site is a property at 11325 Stillwater Boulevard in Lake Elmo.

It is a Superfund site due to TCE contamination of a groundwater aquifer used for local drinking water.