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Saint Augusta
City
Motto(s): 
"Where Country Meets Community"
St. Augusta, Minnesota is located in Minnesota
St. Augusta, Minnesota
St. Augusta, Minnesota
Location in Minnesota
Country United States
State Minnesota
County Stearns
Area
 • Total 29.84 sq mi (77.28 km2)
 • Land 29.68 sq mi (76.88 km2)
 • Water 0.15 sq mi (0.40 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 3,317
 • Estimate 
(2019)
3,835
 • Density 129.19/sq mi (49.88/km2)
Time zone UTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP codes
56301
Area code(s) 320
FIPS code 27-56752
Website www.staugustamn.com

Saint Augusta, formerly named Ventura, is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, directly south of the city of St. Cloud. The population was 3,317 at the 2010 census and has increased to 3,835 according to 2019 estimates.

St. Augusta is part of the Saint Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.

St. Augusta, Minnesota road sign
Sign welcoming visitors to St. Augusta

History

Originally Saint Augusta Township, it incorporated as a city on May 2, 2000 in order to avoid annexation by the city of Saint Cloud. St. Augusta was named in the 1850s after a local church. The city contains one property listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1873 St. Mary Help of Christians Church and its 1890 rectory.

For a short time Saint Augusta was officially named Ventura in honor of then Governor Jesse Ventura, but voters decided on its current name months after incorporation, and the name was officially changed to Saint Augusta on November 7, 2000.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 29.81 square miles (77.21 km2); 29.66 square miles (76.82 km2) is land and 0.15 square miles (0.39 km2) is water.

Minnesota State Highway 15 and County Route 7 are two of the main routes in Saint Augusta. Interstate 94/U.S. Highway 52 and County Route 75 skirt the northeastern border of St. Augusta. The city of Saint Cloud is to the immediate north and northeast of Saint Augusta.

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
2010 3,317
2019 (est.) 3,835 15.6%
U.S. Decennial Census

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 3,317 people, 1,154 households, and 937 families living in the city. The population density was 111.8 inhabitants per square mile (43.2/km2). There were 1,184 housing units at an average density of 39.9 per square mile (15.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.4% White, 0.5% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.3% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.6% of the population.

There were 1,154 households, of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 71.9% were married couples living together, 4.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 18.8% were non-families. 13.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.13.

The median age in the city was 36.6 years. 27.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.2% were from 25 to 44; 29.4% were from 45 to 64; and 8.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.

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