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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.
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
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 ...
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 Correctional Facility – St. Cloud (MCF-St. Cloud) is a state prison in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States. Established in 1889 as the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men , it is a level four, close-security institution with an inmate population of about 1,000 men. [ 3 ]
Sauk Centre (/ s ɔː k / SAWK) [7] is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,555 at the 2020 census. [4] Sauk Centre is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area. Sauk Centre is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.