St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state’s central region. Its population is 68,462 according to the 2019 US census estimates, making it Minnesota’s tenth largest city. It is the county seat of Stearns County and was named after the city of Saint-Cloud, France, which was named for the 6th-century French monk Clodoald.
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St. Cloud is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state’s central region. Its population is 68,462 according to the 2019 US census estimates, making it Minnesota’s tenth largest city. It is the county seat of Stearns County and was named after the city of Saint-Cloud, France, which was named for the 6th-century French monk Clodoald. With 189,093 residents at the 2010 census, the St. Cloud metropolitan area is the fifth-largest in Minnesota, behind Minneapolis–St. Paul, Duluth–Superior, Fargo-Moorhead, and Rochester. The city owns and operates a hydroelectric dam on the Mississippi that can produce up to ten megawatts of electricity. The Beaver Islands are a popular destination for kayak and canoe enthusiasts and are part of a state-designated 12-mile stretch of wild and scenic river. St. Cloud State University, Minnesota’s third-largest public university, is located between the downtown area and the Beaver Islands, which form a maze for a two- mile stretch of the Mississippi. St Cloud was a waystation on the Middle and Woods branches of the Red River Trails used by Métis traders between the Canada–US border at Pembina, North Dakota and St. Paul. It developed from three distinct settlements, known as Upper Town, Middle Town, and Lower Town, that were established by European-American settlers starting in 1853. The area was opened up to settlers in 1851 after treaty negotiations with the Winnebago tribe in1851 and 1852.
The U. S. Supreme Court ruled in 1857 that Scott Dred Scott’s newspaper, the Vigilance Vigilance, had broken into a rival newspaper’s office and removed it into the Mississippi River. At one point a slaveholder and trader from Kentucky, General Sylvanus Lowry, brought slaves with him, although Minnesota was organized as a free territory, although he was elected to the territorial Council from 1852 to 1853 and served as mayor for one year. The St.earns and Benton County portion of the city is considered part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area by Census Bureau definition. The City of St.Cloud was incorporated in 1856. It was included in a newly defined Minneapolis St. Paul–St Cloud Combined Statistical Area in 2000. The MSA is made up of 13 counties, including parts of western Wisconsin and parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota. The town is 65 miles northwest of Minneapolis and is home to the University of Minnesota’s College of Pharmacy, which has an enrollment of over 10,000 students. It also has a small, contiguous urban area totaling over 120,000 residents, with Waite Park, Sauk Rapids, Sartell, St. Joseph, Rockville, and St Augusta directly bordering the city, and Foley, Rice, Kimball, Clearwater, Clear Lake, and Cold Spring nearby. The region was occupied by various indigenous peoples for thousands of years.
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