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The Stearns County Courthouse is the seat of government for Stearns County in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. The Beaux-Arts style building was constructed in 1921 to replace Stearns County's original 1864 courthouse. [2] It stands in a prominent square in downtown St. Cloud, flanked by other government buildings.
The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, [4] making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stearns County [6] and was named after the city of Saint-Cloud, France (in Île-de-France, near Paris), which was named after the 6th-century French monk Clodoald.
Stearns County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,292. [1] Its county seat and largest city is St. Cloud. [2]Included within the Minnesota Territory since 1849, the county was founded by European Americans in 1855.
In Stearns County the district includes the county's portions of St. Cloud and Clearwater, all of St. Joseph, St. John's University, and Waite Park, most of St. Augusta, and sections of Rockville and Sartell. [5] In Sherburne County the district includes the county's portion of St. Cloud and the majority portion of Clear Lake. [6]
Minnesota's 6th congressional district includes most or all of Benton, Carver, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright, and Anoka counties. Many of the Twin Cities' outer northern and western suburbs are included within the boundaries of this district, such as Blaine (the district's largest city), Andover, Chaska, Ramsey, St. Michael-Albertville, Elk River, Chanhassen, Otsego, Lino Lakes, Buffalo, Ham Lake ...
Stearns County: 145: St. Cloud: 1855: Cass County, Nicollet County, Pierce County, Sibley County: Charles Thomas Stearns (1814–1888), early settler of St. Cloud and member of the Minnesota territorial legislature (1849–1858) 160,977: 1,344.52 sq mi (3,482 km 2) Steele County: 147: Owatonna: 1855: Rice County, Blue Earth County, Le Sueur County
Cold Spring is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, at the gateway of the Sauk River Chain of Lakes, an interconnected system of 14 bay-like lakes fed and connected by the Sauk River. Cold Spring is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 4,025 at the 2010 census. [5]
Avon was laid out in 1873 and founded after the foundation of St.Cloud. [7] The community is named after the River Avon, in England. [8] A post office has been in operation at Avon since 1873. [9] Avon was incorporated in 1900. [7] After the foundation of Avon Minnesota the town expanded past the spunk lakes in 1992