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Red River cart at Saint Cloud, 1887 Downtown Saint Cloud, 2007. St. Cloud or Saint Cloud (/ ˈ s eɪ n t k l aʊ d /; French: [sɛ̃ klu]) is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region.
Minnesota's first state park, Itasca State Park, was established in 1891, and is the source of the Mississippi River. [79] Today Minnesota has 72 state parks and recreation areas, 58 state forests covering about four million acres (16,000 km 2), and numerous state wildlife preserves, all managed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
The St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, consists of two counties in central Minnesota, anchored by the city of St. Cloud. In the 2010 census , the MSA had a population of 201,093; a July 1, 2012, Census Bureau estimate placed the population at 190,014. [ 1 ]
Henry Hastings Sibley (1811–1891), first governor of Minnesota (1858–1860) 15,084: 588.65 sq mi (1,525 km 2) 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 ...
Map of the United States with Minnesota highlighted. Minnesota is a state situated in the Midwestern United States.According to the 2020 United States census, Minnesota is the 22nd most populous state with 5,706,494 inhabitants but the 14th largest by land area, spanning 79,626.74 square miles (206,232.3 km 2) of land. [1]
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.
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Interstate 94 (I-94) in the US state of Minnesota runs 259 miles (417 km) east–west through the central portion of the state. The highway connects the cities of Moorhead, Fergus Falls, Alexandria, St. Cloud, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul.