Editing Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

{{short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
{{redirect|Sleepy Eye}}
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| official_name      = Sleepy Eye
| settlement_type    = [[City]]
| nickname           = The eye
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| image_caption      = 1899 Q. Berg Hotel ([[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]), 2012
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| subdivision_name   = United States
| subdivision_type1  = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Minnesota]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[List of counties in Minnesota|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown]]

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| government_type    = Mayor &ndash; Council
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = Joann Schmidt
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| population_footnotes = 
| population_total   = 3452
| population_density_km2 = 712.35
| population_density_sq_mi = 1845.00

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| elevation_ft       = 1034
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| postal_code_type   = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code        = 56085
| area_code          = [[Area code 507|507]]
| blank_name         = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info         = 27-60844<ref name="GR2">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2008-01-31|title=U.S. Census website}}</ref>
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'''Sleepy Eye''' is a small city in rural [[Brown County, Minnesota|Brown County]], [[Minnesota]], United States. The city is named after a famed local [[Dakota (tribe)|Dakota]] chief from the 1800s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sleepy Eye Chamber of Commerce & CVB |url=http://www.sleepyeyechamber.com/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=Sleepy Eye Chamber of Commerce & CVB |language=en}}</ref><ref name=WPA>{{cite book |author=<!--The Federal Writer's Project--> |orig-date=1938|date=1985 |title=WPA Guide to Minnesota |url= |publisher=[[Minnesota Historical Society]]|location=[[Saint Paul, Minnesota]] |pages=405 |isbn=0873517121}}</ref> The population was 3,599 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="2010 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST13&prodType=table|work=American FactFinder|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=27 April 2011}}{{dead link|bot=medic|date=April 2020}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

== History ==
Sleepy Eye took its name from [[Sleepy Eye Lake (Brown County, Minnesota)|Sleepy Eye Lake]],<ref>{{cite book|author=Chicago and North Western Railway Company|title=A History of the Origin of the Place Names Connected with the Chicago & North Western and Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railways|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OspBAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA125|year=1908|page=125}}</ref> which was named after [[Ishtakhaba|Chief Sleepy Eye]], who was known as a compassionate person with [[ptosis (eyelid)|droopy eyelids]] (or maybe just one). The chief was one of four [[Lakota people|Sioux]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] (four [[Ojibwe people|Ojibwe]] also attended) chosen to meet President [[James Monroe]] in 1824 in the nation's capital. Later, Sleepy Eye was an integral player in the 1851 signing of the [[Treaty of Traverse des Sioux]], which gave all the land but a 10-mile swath on each side of the upper [[Minnesota River]] to the U.S. government. His recommendations to traders led to the successful settlement of [[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]], away from flood areas, and the chief eventually settled his people near the lake now known as Sleepy Eye Lake.

Sleepy Eye was [[plat]]ted in 1872 and incorporated as a city in 1903.<ref>{{cite book|last=Upham|first=Warren|title=Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance|url=https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog|year=1920|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society|page=[https://archive.org/details/minnesotageogra00uphagoog/page/n90 71]}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|2.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.75|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.27|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-11-13|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archivedate=2012-01-25}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|align=left
|1880= 997
|1890= 1513
|1900= 2048
|1910= 2247
|1920= 2449
|1930= 2576
|1940= 2923
|1950= 3278
|1960= 3492
|1970= 3461
|1980= 3581
|1990= 3694
|2000= 3515
|2010= 3599
|2020= 3452
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html U.S. Decennial Census]
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-11-13}}</ref> of 2010, there were 3,599 people, 1,475 households, and 931 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2056.6|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,605 housing units at an average density of {{convert|917.1|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.3% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.9% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 4.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 13.0% of the population.

There were 1,475 households, of which 30.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 36.9% were non-families. 33.4% 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 2.36 and the average family size was 3.04.

The median age in the city was 42.2 years. 25.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.1% were from 25 to 44; 27.3% were from 45 to 64; and 19.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.4% male and 52.6% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]]<ref name="GR2" /> of 2000, there were 3,515 people, 1,479 households, and 942 families living in the city.  The population density was {{convert|2,099.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,591 housing units at an average density of {{convert|950.5|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 94.03% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.23% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.06% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.34% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 3.90% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 1.45% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 7.80% of the population.

There were 1,479 households, out of which 31.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 7.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.3% were non-families. 34.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.37 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.0% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 26.0% from 25 to 44, 19.9% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older.  The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.5 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,123, and the median income for a family was $48,500. Males had a median income of $31,612 versus $22,907 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $20,175.  About 4.7% of families and 8.1% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 10.7% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Pop culture==
Residents of Sleepy Eye made national headlines in the early 1990s for trying to ban [[MTV]] in the town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/MTV+and+morality.-a016399983|title = MTV and morality. - Free Online Library}}</ref>

On the television series ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'', [[Charles Ingalls]] sometimes made deliveries to Sleepy Eye, which was portrayed as the nearest larger town to [[Walnut Grove, Minnesota]], where the Ingallses resided. It was also the (fictional) home of the blind school that [[Mary Ingalls]] and her TV-husband, Adam Kendall, ran later in the series.{{citation needed|date=June 2023}}

==Transportation==
[[U.S. Route 14 in Minnesota|U.S. Route 14]] and Minnesota State Highways [[Minnesota State Highway 4|4]], and [[Minnesota State Highway 68|68]] are three of the main arterial routes in the city.

==Notable people==
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* [[Helen Fischer]], signer of the [[Alaska Constitution]], was born in Sleepy Eye.
* [[Scott Jensen (Minnesota politician)|Scott Jensen]], Minnesota state senator, physician, and candidate in the [[2022 Minnesota gubernatorial election]], was born and raised in Sleepy Eye.
* [[Dana Kiecker]], former Major League Baseball pitcher, was born in Sleepy Eye.
* [[Bernard F. Mathiowetz]], Wisconsin legislator and lawyer, was born in Sleepy Eye.
* [[John Louis Nuelsen]], former Methodist pastor, college and seminary professor, theologian, author, editor.
* [[Ingerval M. Olsen]], Minnesota Supreme Court justice, practiced law in Sleepy Eye.
* [[Harvey N. Paulson]], farmer and Minnesota state legislator, lived in Sleepy Eye.

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="220px" heights="165px">
File:WW SmithHouse.jpg|1901 W. W. Smith House ([[National Register of Historic Places|NRHP]]), 2010.
File:SleepyEyeMillingCo.jpg|1901–20 Sleepy Eye Milling Company (NRHP), 2011.
File:Chicago and North Western Railroad Depot.jpg|1902 Chicago and North Western Depot (NRHP), 2010.
File:SleepyEyeFreightDepot.jpg|1887 Winona and St. Peter Freight Depot (NRHP), 2012.
File:Sleepy Eye MN Postmark.jpg|Postmark from City of Sleepy Eye 
</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[National Register of Historic Places listings in Brown County, Minnesota]]
* [[St. Mary's High School (Sleepy Eye, Minnesota)]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.sleepyeye-mn.com/ City of Sleepy Eye]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110517055833/http://sleepyeyeareachamberofcommerce.club.officelive.com/default.aspx Sleepy Eye Chamber of Commerce]
* [http://www.sleepyeyenews.com/ Sleepy Eye Herald Dispatch]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100531190751/http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/history/mncultures/sleepyeye.html History of Chief Sleepy Eye]
;Schools
*[http://www.sleepyeyeschools.com/ Sleepy Eye Public Schools]
*[http://www.sesmschool.com St. Mary's Catholic School]
*[http://www.stjohnsse.com St. John's Lutheran Church and School of Sleepy Eye]

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