Sartell, Minnesota
Stearns County Benton County
27-58612
Sartell is a city ( with a status of "City" ) in Stearns County and to a lesser extent in Benton County in the center of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Sartell had 15,876 inhabitants.
Geography
Sartell is located on both sides of the Mississippi River upstream of the confluence of the Sauk River at 45 ° 18'54 " north latitude and 93 ° 58'47 " west longitude. The city covers 26.03 km ², spread over 25.38 km ² land and 0.65 km ² water surface.
Neighboring cities of Sartell are St. Cloud ( on the southern city limits ) Waite Park (9.4 km south), St. Joseph (13,4 km southwest), St. Stephen (13,2 km to the northwest ) and Sauk Rapids ( at the southeastern outskirts ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (119 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (138 km in the same direction), Duluth Lake Superior (237 km northeast), Fargo, North Dakota (277 km north-west ) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 358 km south-west ).
Traffic
A few kilometers southwest of Sartell extends Interstate 94, which runs from the Twin Cities to the northwest and then to the west. Along the eastern outskirts of the results here parallel to the Mississippi running U.S. Highway 10 as the tangent Minnisota State Route 15 runs through the southern and south-western parts of Sartell and cross a bridge over the Mississippi. Another bridge crosses the river in the center of the city. All other roads within Sartell are minor roadways or urban roads.
In parallel to the east bank of the Mississippi runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway through the city of Sartell. In the neighboring city of St. Cloud is the nearest railway station for the railway passenger traffic from Amtrak.
The nearest airport is the St. Cloud Regional Airport ( 17.5 km southeast). The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (142 km southeast).
History
After the region was originally inhabited by Indians of the Dakota and the Ojibwa, settled in the middle of the 19th century in the region of today's the first white settlers down. One of them was Joseph B. Sartell, in 1854 settled here. After he worked as a laborer in a sawmill, in 1877 he built his own grain mill at a nearby river. In 1884 Sartell founded with his sons Sartell Brothers Lumber Company.
Between 1905 and 1907 a dam was built on the Mississippi, had been used as the energy of the same paper mill erected Watab Pulp and Paper Company. The paper mill, which today for Verso Paper Corp.. heard was and has been the largest employer in the city.
1907, the local government of the " Village of Sartell " was formed. Multiple of the unsuccessful attempt was made to change the name of the place. This, however, have the descendants of Joseph B. Sartell always prevented that were still very influential in the city. Between 1907 and 1973 sat almost always a member of the family in Sartell City Council. The most famous was Ripley B. Sartell, who was mayor for 31 years.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Sartell 15,876 people in 5859 households. The population density was 625.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 5859 households lived statistically 2.64 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.5 percent Asian and 0.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 10.2 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 66,650. The per capita income was $ 28,858. 3.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.