Website: https://www.cityofminnetrista.com/
Minnetrista is a city on the most western shore of Lake Minnetonka. Largely rural, Minnetrista has agricultural activity involving corn, soybeans, hay and horses. In addition to farmland and woods, the city is home to several lakes, including part of Lake Minnetonka, the state’s ninth-biggest. Minnetrista’s name originates in the Dakota language, in which minne means “water” and trista means “crooked.” Minnetrista Township, as it was known prior to incorporation, remained not only a popular tourist destination with hotels, cabins, and summer camps, but a thriving rural agricultural community. Minnetrista Township continued until 1960, when the government adopted a municipal structure and became known as the Village of Minnetrista. In the early 1970s, Minnetrista was fully incorporated as a statutory city. It is about 23 miles (37 km) west of Minneapolis. Minnetrista is often described as on the boundary between the suburban Twin Cities and rural Greater Minnesota.