Sartell, Minnesota
Sartell | ||
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FIPS code 27-58612[7] | | |
GNIS feature ID | 2396539[4] | |
Website | sartellmn.com |
Sartell is a city in
History
The first known Native American tribe in the area now known as Sartell were the
The
In 1846, 1,300
Sartell got its start as a small American town on the Mississippi River with lumber and a paper company as its main industries. The city's present site was originally called "The Third Rapids", as it was the third set of rough waters that French fur traders encountered as they traveled north from Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis.
One of the first white people to settle in the fledgling town was Joseph B. Sartell, who arrived in 1854 and worked as a millwright at a local sawmill.[17] In 1877, he opened a flour mill at the nearby Watab River, and in 1884 he started Sartell Brothers Lumber Company with his sons.
In 1905, construction began on both the Sartell Pulp and Paper Company and the
In 1907, residents of the town decided to incorporate. Several influential people felt the town ought to be named Wengert, after a local businessman. But because of Joseph Sartell's many relatives and generous contributions to the community, the town was incorporated as "The Village of Sartell" in his honor. From 1907 until 1973 there was a Sartell on nearly every City Council, the most prominent being Ripley "Rip" B. Sartell, store owner and mayor for 31 years.
The village continued to grow slowly, developing a number of businesses and a downtown on the east side of the Mississippi along
Independent School District 748, Sartell-St. Stephen, was created in 1969 because residents wanted to educate their children locally. Despite the lack of a downtown, the city continued to grow at an increasing pace in the 1970s. From 1960 to the present, the city's population has gone from 700 to over 18,000.[1]
Economy
Sartell's largest employers have been the paper mill that started in 1907 as Watab Pulp & Paper, became St. Regis Paper Company in 1947, and then Verso Paper Sartell Mill, and DeZurik Water Controls, whose valve production plant is in Sartell. The city also hosts a number of small businesses, including gas stations, restaurants, grocery stores, and salons.[19] In 2012 the Verso Paper mill was severely damaged by an explosion and, due also to decreasing paper demand, was shut down and sold for parts. More recently the city has begun to urbanize, adding larger chain businesses in a newly developed area eventually to be a new downtown.
Law and government
Sartell's city council consists of a mayor and four members elected at large. Sartell's mayor is Ryan Fitzthum, and the council members are Jill Smith, Alex Lewandowski, Tim Elness, and Jeff Kolb. They possess the authority to pass and enforce ordinances, establish public and administrative policies, create advisory boards and commissions, and manage the city's financial operations, including preparing a budget, auditing expenditures, and transacting other city business as required by law. The city council also appoints a city administrator, who oversees the city's daily operation and implements the policies of the council.[2]
City recreational facilities include 24 parks, miles of paved walking paths, playgrounds, a bike lane, tennis courts, baseball and soccer fields, ice rinks, a golf course and a wading pool.[20][21]
Religion
The Sartell family was largely
Transportation
Transportation to and from Sartell is limited to surface roads, mainly
The city's proximity to St. Cloud allows for convenient access to St. Cloud Regional Airport, as well as the city's Amtrak and Greyhound stations.
The dams along the Mississippi River and the waterway's relative shallowness render it useless for anything more than recreational watercraft traffic. Sartell's location on the river facilitated the construction of the Old Sartell Bridge in 1914, which was replaced by the current Sartell Bridge in 1984.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has an area of 10.05 square miles (26.03 km2); 9.80 square miles (25.38 km2) is land and 0.25 square miles (0.65 km2) is water.[22]
The city is on the Mississippi River, with the surrounding undeveloped property composed mainly of woodlands and farmland.
Demographics
Census | Pop. | Note | %± |
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1910 | 240 | — | |
1920 | 510 | 112.5% | |
1930 | 521 | 2.2% | |
1940 | 532 | 2.1% | |
1950 | 662 | 24.4% | |
1960 | 791 | 19.5% | |
1970 | 1,323 | 67.3% | |
1980 | 3,427 | 159.0% | |
1990 | 5,393 | 57.4% | |
2000 | 9,641 | 78.8% | |
2010 | 15,876 | 64.7% | |
2020 | 19,351 | 21.9% | |
2022 (est.) | 19,696 | [6] | 1.8% |
U.S. Decennial Census[23] 2020 Census[5] |
2020 census
Race / Ethnicity | Pop 2000[24] | Pop 2010[25] | Pop 2020[26] | % 2000 | % 2010 | % 2020 |
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White alone (NH)
|
9,333 | 15,033 | 17,142 | 96.81% | 94.69% | 88.59% |
Black or African American alone (NH)
|
28 | 135 | 362 | 0.29% | 0.85% | 1.87% |
Alaska Native alone (NH)
|
14 | 22 | 58 | 0.15% | 0.14% | 0.30% |
Asian alone (NH) | 113 | 243 | 467 | 1.17% | 1.53% | 2.41% |
Pacific Islander alone (NH) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0.01% | 0.02% | 0.02% |
Some Other Race alone (NH) | 6 | 12 | 38 | 0.06% | 0.08% | 0.20% |
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) | 62 | 200 | 755 | 0.62% | 1.26% | 3.90% |
Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 84 | 228 | 526 | 0.87% | 1.44% | 2.72% |
Total | 9,641 | 15,876 | 19,351 | 100.00% | 100.00% | 100.00% |
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.
2010 census
As of the
There were 5,859 households, of which 42.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.7% were non-families. 23.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.16.
The median age in the city was 32.7 years. 30.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.1% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 31.9% were from 25 to 44; 20.8% were from 45 to 64; and 10.2% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.8% male and 52.2% female.
2000 census
As of the
There were 3,443 households, out of which 46.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 60.6% were married couples living together, 9.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.75 and the average family size was 3.23.
In the city, the population was spread out, with 32.0% under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 35.5% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 8.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.3 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $52,531, and the median income for a family was $61,056. Males had a median income of $39,834 versus $27,476 for females. The per capita income for the city was $22,667. About 3.0% of families and 4.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.7% of those under age 18 and 8.3% of those age 65 or over.
Education
Most of Sartell in Stearns County is in the Sartell-St. Stephen School District. Portions in that county are in the St. Cloud Area School District.[27] Most of Sartell's Benton County sections are in Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools, with the rest in the Sartell-St. Stephen district.[28]
Sartell's St. Cloud school district sections are zoned to Westwood Elementary School,[29] North Middle School,[30] and Apollo High School.[31]
List of mayors
- Charles Sartell, 1907–1923
- C.L. Witherell, 1924–1928, 1932–1936
- Norris Sartell, 1929–1931
- Ripley Sartell Sr, 1937–1943, 1960–1973
- Elmer Thornton, 1944–1947
- Peter Pikus, 1948–1949
- Joseph Gallus, 1950–1955
- Darrel Hurd, 1956–1959
- Tony Zakrajshek, 1974–1978
- Robert C. Bogard, 1979–1990
- Robert Pogatshnik, 1991–2006
- Tim O'Driscoll 2007–2011
- Joe Perske, 2011–2014[32]
- Sarah Nicoll, 2015–2018[33]
- Ryan Fitzthum, 2019–term expires 2022[34]
Notable people
- Al Patton, Minnesota state representative, 1973–1980
- Craig Sauer, linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
- For All Those Sleeping, metalcore band
- Phoenix Coyotes
- Michael Sauer, drafted by the New York Rangers in July 2005
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- ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Benton County, MN" (PDF). United States Census Bureau. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
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- ^ "NORTH Versatrans Base Map" (PDF). St. Cloud Area School District. Retrieved November 8, 2022. - Linked from here - Compare to census maps.
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