Sauk Centre, Minnesota

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official_name = Sauk Centre, Minnesota
settlement_type = City
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map_caption = Location of Sauk Centre, Minnesota


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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = United States
subdivision_type1 = State
subdivision_name1 = Minnesota
subdivision_type2 = County
subdivision_name2 = Stearns

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area_total_km2 = 10.3
area_land_km2 = 9.6
area_water_km2 = 0.7
area_total_sq_mi = 4.0
area_land_sq_mi = 3.7
area_water_sq_mi = 0.3

population_as_of = 2000
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population_total = 3930
population_density_km2 = 408.2
population_density_sq_mi = 1057.2

timezone = Central (CST)
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elevation_m = 381
elevation_ft = 1250
latd = 45 |latm = 44 |lats = 11 |latNS = N
longd = 94 |longm = 57 |longs = 15 |longEW = W

postal_code_type = ZIP code
postal_code = 56378
area_code = 320
blank_name = FIPS code
blank_info = 27-58648GR|2
blank1_name = GNIS feature ID
blank1_info = 0651233GR|3
website = [http://www.ci.sauk-centre.mn.us/ www.ci.sauk-centre.mn.us]
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Sauk Centre is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,930 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Sauk Centre served as the inspiration for Gopher Prairie, the fictional setting of Lewis's 1920 novel "Main Street".

Sauk Centre is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.0 square miles (10.3 km²), of which, 3.7 square miles (9.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (6.30%) is water.

Sauk Centre is located along Interstate 94, U.S. Route 71, and Minnesota State Highway 28. It is approximately 100 miles northwest of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area.

The city is considered to be in the middle of the state. Sauk Lake and Sauk River are the most notable water features of the area.

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 3,930 people, 1,616 households, and 1,042 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,057.2 people per square mile (407.9/km²). There were 1,709 housing units at an average density of 459.7/sq mi (177.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.68% White, 0.31% African American, 0.13% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.25% from other races, and 0.38% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any were 0.53% of the population.

There were 1,616 households out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% were married couples living together, 8.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.5% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 17.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city the population was spread out with 25.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 25.1% from 25 to 44, 18.6% from 45 to 64, and 22.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 89.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.4 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,644, and the median income for a family was $47,623. Males had a median income of $33,382 versus $20,399 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,390. About 2.3% of families and 5.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.9% of those under age 18 and 8.0% of those age 65 or over.

Notable native

*Sinclair Lewis - American novelist and playwright, 1930 Nobel Prize winner in Literature, (First American to win the Prize for Literature).
*Henry Johnson -- American professor of education, Author of a memoir "The Other Side of Main Street" which contains a chapter on the early days of Sauk Centre

Spencer Eke

Naming the city

Located by Sauk Lake, where Sauk River starts, the town was named Sauk Centre.

Education

There are two schools in the town: Holy Family and Sauk Centre Public School.Holy Family is a Catholic private school; it enrolls students from kindergarten to 6th grade.Sauk Centre Public School has 3 departments: Elementary (kindergarten to 6th grade), Junior high (7th to 9th grade) and Senior high (10th to 12th grade). Students in the school are also called Main Streeters, or Streeters, which comes from the novel Main Street by Sinclair Lewis.

ee also

*Sinclair Lewis Boyhood HomeBeef Mrs. Selfors

References

External links

* [http://www.ci.sauk-centre.mn.us/ City of Sauk Centre, MN -- Official site]
* [http://www.tricap.org/ Tri-CAP (Transit/bus)]