SAINT ANTHONY VILLAGE, MINNESOTA

'St. Anthony', also known as 'Saint Anthony Village', is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota and Ramsey County. The population was 8,012 at the 2000 census. About 6,000 residents live in the larger Hennepin County, Minnesota part of the city, with about 2,000 residents in the Ramsey County part. The city is run by a five-member Council consisting of a mayor and four Council members who serve 4 year terms. It was formed as a township in 1861 and became a village in 1945. (All Minnesota villages became cities in 1974, but St. Anthony is still referred to popularly as St. Anthony Village.) St. Anthony township once encompassed most of what is today Northeast Minneapolis. When Minneapolis annexed most of St. Anthony Township (and some other townships in other parts of the city) in 1887, the less than two square miles of what is now the Hennepin County portion of St. Anthony was not included and remained an unincorporated area until 1945.
St. Anthony was also the name of the older twin city of Minneapolis, located across from downtown Minneapolis on the east bank of the Mississippi River. Minneapolis and St. Anthony merged in 1872.

St. Anthony was the home of Apache Plaza, the second indoor shopping mall in the world. The first, Southdale, was built only 20 miles to the south and was completed in 1961, several months before Apache Plaza. Built in the 1950's, The St. Anthony Shopping Center was the first strip mall in the state of Minnesota and was owned by the Batista family of Cuba. ^[1]
In the spring of 2006 the St. Anthony Village High School Huskies claimed ISD 282's first major state Championship in Baseball. They have also won three Class AA state championships in Knowledge Bowl.

Contents

Geography

Demographics

Education

Sister city

References

External links

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 6.1 km² (2.4 mi²). 5.9 km² (2.3 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (3.80%) is water.
One of the longest and most widely used streets in the city is Silver Lake Road, named for Silver Lake in the northwest part of the city. Silver Lake Road runs the length of St. Anthony from north to south.

Demographics

As of the census² of 2000, there were 8,012 people, 3,697 households, and 2,007 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,356.8/km² (3,513.8/mi²). There were 3,812 housing units at an average density of 645.5/km² (1,671.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 90.58% White, 2.06% African American, 0.64% Native American, 4.51% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.79% from other races, and 1.41% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.65% of the population.
There were 3,697 households out of which 20.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 7.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.7% were non-families. 38.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.11 and the average family size was 2.83.
In the city the population was spread out with 18.0% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 26.2% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 25.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 85.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.5 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $46,883, and the median income for a family was $62,500. Males had a median income of $43,043 versus $31,304 for females. The per capita income for the city was $26,290. About 2.8% of families and 5.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 5.0% of those under age 18 and 3.0% of those age 65 or over.

Education

St. Anthony is serviced by the St. Anthony-New Brighton School District, ISD #282. Wilshire Park Elementary School is the district's primary school. St. Anthony Middle School serves grades 6-8 and St. Anthony Village High School serves grades 9-12.

Sister city

St. Anthony Village has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc. (SCI):

★ Salo, Finland
St. Anthony dedicated a park, named Salo Park, to its sister city on June 8, 2006 in its Silver Lake Village development.

References

1. http://www.ci.saint-anthony.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B3BD572E6-22A4-4493-AFE2-F0C21F7402D7%7D

External links

★ The City of St. Anthony

★ St. Anthony-New Brighton School District #282