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Sartell is a city in the
U.S. state of
Minnesota. The population was 9,641 at the
2000 census. More recent numbers show the population to be 13,917. Sartell is partially located in both
Stearns County and
Benton County.
History
Sartell got its start as a small town on the
Mississippi River, relying on lumber and a paper company for its existence. The present site of the city was originally dubbed "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 people to settle in the fledgling town was Joseph B. Sartell who arrived in 1854 and worked as a
millwright at a local
sawmill. In 1877, he opened a
flour mill at the nearby
Watab River, and in 1884 he started the Sartell Brothers Lumber Company with his sons.
In 1905, construction was begun on both the Watab Pulp and Paper Company as well as on the
Sartell Dam across the Mississippi near the "third rapids". Both projects were completed in 1907 with the dam having claimed the lives of seven workers. Watab Pulp and Paper would be rebuilt and expanded through the years, passing through multiple ownerships and eventually emerging as
Verso Paper's Sartell mill, the city's largest employer.
It was in 1907 that residents of the town decided it was time to
incorporate. Several influential people felt the town ought to be named "Wengert" after a local businessman. Another man lobbied to have the town named "Oberly" after himself. However, because of his many relatives and generous contributions to the community, the town was incorporated as "The Village of Sartell" in honor of Joseph B. Sartell. From 1907 until 1973 there was a Sartell on nearly every City Council, the most prominent being Ripley B. "Rip" Sartell who was mayor for 31 years.
The town continued to grow slowly and developed a number of businesses and a "downtown" on the east side of the Mississippi along U.S. Highway
10. In the 1960s the highway was re-routed, greatly contributing to the demise of the downtown area. The later construction of the current
Sartell Bridge over the Mississippi in the early 1980’s replaced the remaining businesses. This and Sartell’s nearby location to
St. Cloud,
Minnesota’s major retail center account for Sartell's lack of a traditional "downtown".
Independent School District # 748, Sartell-
St. Stephen, was created in 1969 because residents wanted to educate their children locally. Despite not having a downtown the city continued to grow and the pace of the growth increased in the 1970s. From 1970 to the present, the city’s population has grown from 700 to over 10,000.
Law and government
Sartell's
city council consists of a
mayor and four
council members elected
at-large to represent the community and legislate citywide policy. As of January 2007, Sartell's mayor is Tim O'Driscoll and its four council members are Steve Hennes, Pat Lynch, Joe Perske, and David Peterson. 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 day-to-day operations of the city and implements the policies of the Council.
Transportation
Transportation to and from Sartell is limited to surface roads, mainly U.S. Highway
10 and Minnesota Highway
15, both of which pass along the outskirts of the city. Bus service through
St. Cloud Metro Bus
runs to destinations within Sartell and neighboring
Sauk Rapids and
St. Cloud. A
rail line passes through town, but serves the city only as
freight transportation for the
Sartell Paper Mill.
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 presence of dams along the
Mississippi River and the waterway's relatively shallow depth 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, later replaced by the current
Sartell Bridge in 1984.
Geography
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.1
square miles (15.9
km²), of which, 5.9 square miles (15.3 km²) of it's land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) or 3.75 percent of it's water.
U.S. Highway
10, Minnesota Highway
15, and County 1 are three of the main routes in Sartell. Other nearby routes in the St. Cloud area include Interstate Highway
94, Minnesota Highway
23, and County 75. Sartell is immediately north of the city of St. Cloud.
The city is situated on the
Mississippi River with the surrounding undeveloped property composed mainly of woodlands and farmland.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 9,641 people, 3,443 households, and 2,513 families residing in the city. The
population density was 1,633.9 persons per square mile (630.9/km²). There were 3,531 housing units at an average density of 598.4 per square mile (231.1/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.42%
White, 0.29%
African American, 0.17%
Native American, 1.21%
Asian, 0.01%
Pacific Islander, 0.21% from
other races, and 0.69% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.87% of the population.
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.
Notable natives
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