20-495: Sauk Centre is the name of the two following places, both of which are found in the United States: Sauk Centre, Minnesota Sauk Centre Township, Stearns County, Minnesota Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sauk Centre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
40-508: A male householder with no wife present, and 36.6% were non-families. 32.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 18% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 2.86. The median age in the city was 41.4 years. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.8% were from 25 to 44; 24.3% were from 45 to 64; and 21.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of
60-456: A total area of 4.25 square miles (11.01 km ); 3.99 square miles (10.33 km ) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km ) is water. Sauk Centre is located along Interstate 94 / U.S. Highway 52 , U.S. Highway 71 , and Minnesota State Highway 28 . It is approximately 100 miles (160 km) northwest of the Minneapolis / Saint Paul metropolitan area. The city is considered to be in
80-455: Is a Catholic private school; it enrolls students from kindergarten to 6th grade. Sauk Centre Public School has two departments: elementary (kindergarten to 6th grade) and secondary school (7th to 12th grade). The mascot of Sauk Centre Public Schools is the Mainstreeters, in honor of Lewis' novel. A violent local incident in 1996, where the elderly Paul Crawford shot and killed four members of
100-776: Is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota , United States. The population was 4,555 at the 2020 census . Sauk Centre is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area . Sauk Centre is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis , a novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature . It inspired his fictional Gopher Prairie, the setting of Lewis's 1920 novel Main Street . There are two sculptures of Lewis in Sauk Centre; one life size sculpture just outside
120-749: The Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home , a National Historic Landmark . Two other properties and a historic district are listed on the National Register of Historic Places : The Palmer House built in 1901 and expanded in 1916, the Minnesota Home School for Girls built 1911–1935, and the Original Main Street Historic District built 1920–1947. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has
140-714: The South Dakota state line near Browns Valley and continues east to its intersection with the former route of U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) in Little Falls . MN 28 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley , Morris , Glenwood , Sauk Centre , and Little Falls . The western terminus for MN 28 is at the South Dakota state line in Browns Valley , at the Little Minnesota River , where MN 28 becomes South Dakota Highway 10 upon crossing
160-405: 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
180-548: The city was 47.4% male and 52.6% female. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,930 people, 1,616 households, and 1,042 families living in the city. The population density was 1,057.2 inhabitants per square mile (408.2/km ). There were 1,709 housing units at an average density of 459.7 per square mile (177.5/km ). 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 kind were 0.53% of
200-419: The city was 95.6% White , 0.8% African American , 0.1% Native American , 0.3% Asian , 2.2% from other races , and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.4% of the population. There were 1,851 households, of which 28.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had
220-636: The last 14 miles (23 km) of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of US 10, which is now a city street. MN 28 is legally defined as Constitutional Route 28 in the Minnesota Statutes. State Highway 28 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from the South Dakota border at Browns Valley to Little Falls. By 1923, the road was mostly graveled except at its extreme western and eastern ends. The remainder
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#1732854622542240-421: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sauk_Centre&oldid=933113016 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sauk Centre, Minnesota Sauk Centre ( / s ɔː k / SAWK )
260-472: The middle of the state. Sauk Lake and Sauk River are the most notable water features of the area. Fairy Lake and Lily Lake are located just outside of the city limits. As of the census of 2010, there were 4,317 people, 1,851 households, and 1,174 families living in the city. The population density was 1,082.0 inhabitants per square mile (417.8/km ). There were 1,994 housing units at an average density of 499.7 per square mile (192.9/km ). The racial makeup of
280-505: The neighboring Schloegl family over a property dispute, was featured in the episode "Lake of Madness" on the Investigation Discovery series Fear Thy Neighbor . The episode aired on April 20, 2015. Minnesota State Highway 28 Minnesota State Highway 28 ( MN 28 ) is a 142.324-mile-long (229.048 km) state highway in west-central and central Minnesota , which travels from South Dakota Highway 10 at
300-408: 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
320-605: The public library named after him and a bust, sculpted by Joseph Kiselewski , inside the library. The town was originally named by a lottery. The eight original town shareholders submitted suggestions for a name, and Sauk Centre was selected. The name was submitted by Alexander Moore, who originally bought and platted the town. Sauk refers to the many place names associated with the Sauk tribe (Sauk River, Sauk Rapids, Little Sauk, Osakis, etc). Centre (the British spelling of "center") refers to
340-462: The state line. MN 28 parallels MN 27 throughout its route until MN 27 enters Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and Lake Traverse , heading South/Southwest to Browns Valley, Minnesota where it connects with MN 28. The Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside Park is located on MN 28 in Traverse County at Browns Valley . The highway overlaps MN 27 for
360-453: The town's central location between Sauk Rapids and Lake Osakis. When the Sauk Centre post office was established it used the spelling "Sauk Center", until 1936 when the city won its fight to spell the name as Moore suggested. Local lore has it that five refugees from the Sauk tribe had been killed by settlers in an ambush on the shores of Lake Osakis 17 miles (27 km) away. Sauk Centre contains
380-420: 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. There are two schools in the town: Holy Family and Sauk Centre Public School. Holy Family
400-431: Was graveled by 1929. The roadway was paved throughout the 1930s and was paved in full by 1940. In 1934, the newly-marked State Highway 27 was overlapped with the eastern end of the route. The eastern terminus of Highway 28 remained at U.S. 10; however, when the bypass of 10 around Little Falls was built in the mid-1970s, 28 was not extended across the river and its terminus remains at Lindbergh Drive. Highway 28 at
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