Editing St. Charles, Minnesota (section)

==History==
St. Charles was laid out in 1854, and named for Saint [[Charles Borromeo]] (1538–1584), an Italian saint and cardinal.<ref name="Upham 583">{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog | title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance | publisher=Minnesota Historical Society | last=Upham | first=Warren | year=1920 | page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n600 583]}}</ref> A post office has been in operation at St. Charles since 1855.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=MN&county=Winona | title=Winona County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | access-date=15 August 2015}}</ref> St. Charles was incorporated in 1870.<ref name="Upham 583" />

The city was evacuated on April 17, 2009, when a large fire at North Star Foods, a poultry processing plant, threatened [[anhydrous ammonia]] tanks.<ref>{{cite news |first= Kevin |last= Behr |title=St. Charles Evacuated: Fire increased risk of chemical release; residents forced from their homes |url= http://www.winonadailynews.com/articles/2009/04/18/news/00lead.txt |work= Winona Daily News |date= 2009-04-18 }}</ref> Residents were allowed to return the next day.<ref>{{cite news |first=Riggs |last=Liz |title=St. Charles residents return home |work=[[Rochester Post-Bulletin]] |date=18 April 2009 |access-date=18 April 2009 |url=http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=47&a=395137 }}</ref>

Three properties in St. Charles are listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the 1874 [[Trinity Episcopal Church (St. Charles, Minnesota)|Trinity Episcopal Church]], the 1876 [[St. Charles City Bakery]], and the 1890s [[Whitewater Avenue Commercial Historic District]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/ |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |access-date=2017-12-25}}</ref>