Stearns County

Stearns County Courthouse, listed on NRHP No. 82003056
administration
US state :	Minnesota
Administrative headquarters :	St. Cloud
Address of the administrative headquarters:	County Courthouse 705 Courthouse Square Saint Cloud, MN 56303-4781
Foundation :	February 20, 1855
Made up from:	Cass County Nicollet County Pierce County Sibley County
Area code :	001 320
Demographics
Residents :	150,642  (2010)
Population density :	43.3 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area :	3600 km²
Water surface :	118 km²
map
Website : www.co.stearns.mn.us

The Stearns County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 150,642 residents and a population density of 43.3 people per square kilometer. The county seat is St. Cloud .

geography

The county is located just south of the geographic center of Minnesota at the confluence of the Sauk River in the upper Mississippi . It has an area of ​​3600 square kilometers, of which 118 square kilometers are water. The following neighboring counties border Stearns County:

Douglas County	Todd County , Morrison County	Benton County
Pope County		Sherburne County
	Kandiyohi County , Meeker County	Wright County

history

The Stearns County was formed on February 20, 1855 from parts of Cass County, Nicollet County, Sibley County and Pierce County , which now only exists in Wisconsin . It was named after Charles Thomas Stearns , a member of the Minnesota Territorial Administration from 1849 to 1858.

Historical objects

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  Church of St. Boniface in Melrose

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  Nehemiah P. Clarke House in St. Cloud

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  First National Bank in St. Cloud

One place in Stearns County has the status of a National Historic Landmark , the Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home .

Other historical objects:

• List of entries on the National Register of Historic Places in Stearns County

Demographic data

Population development
Census	Residents		± in%
1860	4505		-
1870	14.206		215.3%
1880	21,056		48.2%
1890	34,844		65.5%
1940	67,200		-
1950	70,681		5.2%
1960	80,345		13.7%
1970	95,400		18.7%
1980	108.161		13.4%
1990	118,791		9.8%
2000	133.166		12.1%
2010	150,642		13.1%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Stearns County had 150,642 people in 56,469 households. The population density was 43.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.49 people lived in each of the 56,469 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.7 percent white, 3.2 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 2.1 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.9 percent of the population.

22.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 64.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.5 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 53,035  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,329. 12.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Stearns County localities

Citys

Albany Avon Belgrade Brooten 1 Clearwater 2 Cold Spring Eden Valley 3 Elrosa

Freeport Greenwald Holdingford Kimball Lake Henry Meire Grove Melrose New Munich

Paynesville Richmond Rockville Roscoe Sartell 4 Sauk Center Spring Hill St. Anthony

St. Augusta St. Cloud 5 St. Joseph St. Martin St. Rosa St. Stephen Waite Park

Census-designated place (CDP)

• Fairhaven

^{1 - partly in Pope County
2 - partly in Wright County
3 - partly in Meeker County
4 - partly in Benton County
5 - partly in Benton and Sherburne County}

structure

In addition to the 31 cities, Stearns County is divided into 34 townships :

Township Population (2010) FIPS Albany Township 980    27-00640 Ashley Township 262    27-02530 Avon Township 2294    27-03088 Brockway Township 2702    27-07840 Collegeville Township 3343    27-12592 Crow Lake Township 318    27-14032 Crow River Township 327    27-14086 Eden Lake Township 1542    27-18098 Fair Haven Township 1507    27-20294 Farming Township 987    27-20600 Getty Township 376    27-23606 Grove Township 493    27-26090

Township Population (2010) FIPS Holding township 1139    27-29564 Krain Township 981    27-33722 Lake George Township 335    27-34406 Lake Henry Township 278    27-34496 Le Sauk Township 1766    27-36656 Luxembourg Township 637    27-38618 Lynden Township 1938    27-38780 Maine Prairie Township 1887    27-39518 Melrose Township 759    27-41588 Millwood Township 972    27-42308 Munson Township 1466    27-44800 North Fork Township 247    27-46960

Township Population (2010) FIPS Oak Township 595    27-47644 Paynesville Township 1421    27-49984 Raymond Township 259    27-53314 St. Joseph Township 1924    27-57148 St. Martin Township 545    27-57256 St. Wendel Township 2150    27-58198 Sauk Center Township 1088    27-58666 Spring Hill Township 368    27-61906 Wakefield Township 2756    27-67630 Zion Township 335    27-72256

Individual evidence

1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659517. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English). 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Stearns County, MN Retrieved March 1, 2013
4. ^ ^{A b} National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 1, 2013
5. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Minnesota . National Park Service , accessed January 31, 2018.
6. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
7. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
8. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

Commons : Stearns County, Minnesota  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website
• www.city-data.com - Stearns County

Coordinates: 45 ° 33 ′  N , 94 ° 37 ′  W