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Stearns County
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county in Minnesota, United States
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Vinony's link graph records 661 inbound references to Stearns County, and connects out to College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, African Americans and Pipestone County.
The entry is geolocated on the map in MN.
It is catalogued under topics including 1855 establishments in Minnesota Territory, Minnesota counties and Minnesota counties on the Mississippi River.
Vinony links it to 48 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Minnesota
- Founded
- February 20, 1855
- Named after
- Charles Thomas Stearns
- Seat
- St. Cloud
- Largest city
- St. Cloud
- Total
- 1,390 sq mi (3,600 km )
- Land
- 1,343 sq mi (3,480 km )
- Water
- 47 sq mi (120 km ) 3.4%
- Estimate 2025
- 164,110
- Density
- 117.9/sq mi (45.51/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−6 ( Central )
- Summer dst
- UTC−5 ( CDT )
- Congressional districts
- 6th , 7th
- Website
- www .stearnscountymn .gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Minnesota
- Contains
- Waite Park
- Capital
- St. Cloud
- Population
- 158292
- Area
- 3600
- Shares border with
- Douglas County
- Official website
- www.co.stearns.mn.us
- Image
- Stearns County Courthouse.jpg
- Households
- 59576
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- Commons category
- Stearns County, Minnesota
- topic's main category
- Category:Stearns County, Minnesota
- inception
- 1855-02-20
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Stearns County, Minnesota
- water as percent of area
- 3.4
- native label
- Stearns County
- social media followers
- 3202
- per capita income
- 31574
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Encyclopedic overview
Stearns County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 158,292. Its county seat and largest city is St. Cloud.
Included within the Minnesota Territory since 1849, the county was founded by European Americans in 1855. It was originally named for Isaac Ingalls Stevens, then renamed for Charles Thomas Stearns. Stearns County is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Combined Statistical Area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stearns County” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.