Jordan is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,470 at the 2010 census.[5] Information: History: The city of Jordan began on November 27, 1853, when Thomas A. Holmes ordered the construction of a sawmill. This establishment gave Jordan its first name, Holmes Mill.[6] A year after the mill's founding, Thomas's brother William Holmes moved to the site and began platting a settlement.[7] By 1855, he successfully surveyed and recorded his settlement as Jordan City...