Editing St. Joseph, Minnesota

{{Short description|City in Minnesota, United States}}
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'''St. Joseph''' or '''Saint Joseph'''<ref name=gnis/> is a city in [[Stearns County, Minnesota]], United States. The population was 7,029 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]].<ref name="2020 Census (City)">{{cite web|title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile/St._Joseph_city,_Minnesota?g=160XX00US2757130 |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=March 23, 2023}}</ref>  It is home to the [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|College of Saint Benedict]].

St. Joseph is part of the [[St. Cloud metropolitan area]]. The unincorporated [[Florida]] community of [[St. Joseph, Pasco County, Florida|St. Joseph, Florida]], is named after the Minnesota city.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jeffares |first=Carol |title=Communities changed names to fit new times |date=April 30, 1988 |newspaper=[[Tampa Tribune]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/337700352/?terms=Barthle%2Bsettlement |page=2D |access-date=December 3, 2017}}</ref>

==History==
Originally home to the native [[Dakota people]] until the signing of the [[Treaty of Traverse des Sioux]] in 1851, St. Joseph was laid out in 1855.

Writing in 1997, [[Jewish-American]] historian of America's religious architecture [[Marilyn J. Chiat]] described early settlement in the region, "Father [[Francis Xavier Pierz|Francis X. Pierz]], a missionary to [Native Americans] in central Minnesota, published a series of articles in 1851 in German Catholic newspapers advocating Catholic settlement in central Minnesota. Large numbers of immigrants, mainly [[Germans|German]], but also [[Slovenians|Slovenian]] and [[Polish people|Polish]], responded. Over 20 parishes where formed in what is now Stearns County, each centered on a church-oriented hamlet. As the farmers prospered, the small frame churches were replaced by more substantial buildings of brick or stone... Stearns County retains in its German character and is still home to one of the largest rural Catholic populations in Anglo-America."<ref> Marilyn J. Chiat (1997), ''America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community'', Preservation Press. Page 146.</ref>

St. Joseph was named by early German and Slovenian settlers after the [[patron saint]] of their newly erected log chapel.<ref name="Upham 526">{{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/n543 526]}}</ref> 

Pioneer settlement in St. Joseph is very important to the history of the [[Slovenian diaspora]]. Fr. Pierz had previously brought with him from Slovenia his 12-year-old nephew Joseph Notsch Jr., the son of his sister, Mrs. Apollonia Notsch. Joseph Notsch would accompany him on his trips, assist by serving [[Tridentine Mass|Mass]], and when necessary do the cooking. In 1855, Notsch's parents and siblings became the first Slovenian family to emigrate to the [[New World]], and carried with them an altarpiece for Fr. Pierz which had been painted by [[Matevž Langus]]. The Notsch family, however, was accused of foolishness by [[Janez Bleiweis]] in the [[Ljubliana]] newspaper ''Novice''. Apollonia Notsch, however, later wrote a famous letter from her family's [[homesteading|homestead]] in St. Joseph, describing the family's passage on the immigrant ship, her impressions of frontier life in the [[Minnesota Territory]], and expressed joy for having emigrated to America. The letter was published by Janez Bleiweis in the newspaper ''Novice'', and convinced many other [[Slovene people]] to follow the Notsch family's lead.<ref name="a263">{{cite web | last=Brinkman | first=Marilyn Salzl | title=Family ties remain to priest who promoted settlement | website=sctimes.com | date=2017-09-19 | url=https://www.sctimes.com/story/life/2017/09/19/family-ties-remain-priest-who-promoted-settlement-central-minnesota/646395001/ | access-date=2024-07-18}}</ref><ref> Apollonia Notsch biographical file, Archive Room, Stearns County Historical Society, [[St. Cloud, Minnesota]].</ref>

According to Fr. Bruno Riss (1829-1900), a [[Benedictines|Benedictine]] missionary priest from [[Augsburg]], in the [[Kingdom of Bavaria]] and founding father of St John's Abbey, the May 1856 arrival of the first Benedictine priests in the area at the invitation of Bishop [[Joseph Crétin]] was opposed by some local Catholic pioneers. This was because many local settlers had been [[tenant farming|tenant farmers]] in the [[States of the German Confederation|German States]] and had emigrated to America seeking to own the farmland on which they worked. Recalling that [[religious order]]s in Germany had often been their landlords and fearing that the Benedictine order might turn them back into tenant farmers, the parishioners wrote to the Bishop, "begging him not to impose monks on them". The Bishop, however, was outraged and placed St. Joseph under an [[interdict]] until after the parishioners apologized in August 1856. The Benedictines, however, successfully won the trust of local settlers by regularly helping them to both choose and defend their new [[homesteading|homestead]]s.<ref> Fr. Bruno Riss, O.S.B., ''The First Beginning of St. John's Abbey'', "Saint Johns University Record", February 1889.</ref>

After the lifting of the interdict against St. Joseph, the first [[Rocky Mountain locust]] plague to strike Central Minnesota began on the [[Feast of the Assumption]] of 15 August 1856, during the preaching of a mission by Father [[Francis Xavier Weninger]] inside the newly erected [[Church of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|log chapel]]. The Rocky Mountain locusts darkened the sky and pounded upon the rooftop of the chapel so incredibly loud that they were mistaken for a thunder and hailstorm. Only after the mission did the real reason for the "storm" become apparent, and the clouds of "hoppers" swiftly devoured both the crops and much of the seed grain, which left the newly arrived [[German-American]] Catholic settlers of the region destitute.<ref> Fr. Bruno Riss, O.S.B., ''The First Beginning of St. John's Abbey'', "Saint Johns University Record", March 1889 and April 1889.</ref>

St. Benedict's Academy at Saint Joseph was a [[American Indian boarding schools|Native American residential school]] that was operated in St. Joseph by the [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|College of Saint Benedict]], opening in 1884.  The school held [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] women and taught them traditional school subjects, like spelling, reading, and math, as well as sewing, ornamental needlework, baking, cooking, laundry, dairy-work, and gardening.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Interactive Digital Map of Indian Boarding Schools |url=https://boardingschoolhealing.org/digitalmap/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Land Acknowledgement |url=https://www.csbsju.edu/sustainability/about-the-sustainability-office/land-acknowledgement |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University |language=en}}</ref>  

St. Joseph was incorporated in 1890<ref name="Upham 526" /> and contains three properties listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]: the 1869 stone [[Church of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|Church of St. Joseph]], the 1918 [[First State Bank (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|First State Bank]] building, and a district of historic buildings at [[Saint Benedict's Monastery (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|Saint Benedict's Monastery]] and College built between 1882 and the 1920s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/ |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |access-date=June 12, 2018}}</ref>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.89|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all  land.<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]]|access-date=November 13, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=January 25, 2012}}</ref>

Stearns County Road 75 serves as a main route in the community.  Other routes include County Roads 2, 3, 121, 133, and 134.  [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|Interstate 94]]/[[U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota|US Highway 52]] is nearby.

[[File:2009-0522-MN-SaintBens.jpg|thumb|right|The College of Saint Benedict]]
Some of the city's major landmarks include St. Joseph Catholic Church, St. Benedict's Monastery, and the College of St. Benedict. The College of Saint Benedict is an all-women's [[Catholic Colleges in the United States|Catholic college]], and the complex is noted in the downtown area for the high spire of St. Joseph's Church, and the rotunda and dome of the Monastery and College Sacred Heart Chapel. The architecture is different from other buildings and the major structures are visible from miles away.

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 292
|1890= 503
|1900= 549
|1910= 706
|1920= 717
|1930= 1009
|1940= 1055
|1950= 1246
|1960= 1487
|1970= 1786
|1980= 2994
|1990= 3294
|2000= 4681
|2010= 6534
|2020= 7029
|estyear=2021
|estimate=6932
|estref=<ref name="USCensusEst2021">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=March 23, 2023|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020-2021|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=March 23, 2023}}</ref>
|align-fn=center
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|author=United States Census Bureau|author-link=United States Census Bureau|access-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref><br>2020 Census<ref name="2020 Census (City)"/>
}}

===2020 census===
{| class="wikitable"
|+'''St. Joseph, Minnesota - Demographic Profile'''<br> (''NH = Non-Hispanic'')
!Race / Ethnicity
!Pop 2000<ref name=2000Census>{{Cite book|title=HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2000-Minnesota|url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=bliorXz9m0cC&pg=GBS.PA255&hl=en|via=[[Google Books]]| year=2002 | publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau | isbn=9780160672132 }}</ref>
!Pop 2010<ref name=2010CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - St. Joseph, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2757130&tid=DECENNIALPL2010.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!Pop 2020<ref name=2020CensusP2>{{Cite web|title=P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE - 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) - St. Joseph, Minnesota |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=p2&g=1600000US2757130&tid=DECENNIALPL2020.P2|website=[[United States Census Bureau]]}}</ref>
!% 2000
!% 2010
!% 2020
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino whites|White]] alone (NH)
|4,681
|6,067
|7,029
|95.94%
|92.85%
|83.94%
|-
|[[Non-Hispanic or Latino African Americans|Black or African American]] alone (NH)
|44
|72
|464
|0.94%
|1.11%
|6.60%
|-
|[[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] or [[Alaska Native]] alone (NH)
|8
|12
|22
|0.17%
|0.19%
|0.31%
|-
|[[Asian Americans|Asian]] alone (NH)
|46
|157
|130
|0.98%
|2.40%
|1.85%
|-
|[[Pacific Islander Americans|Pacific Islander]] alone (NH)
|3
|9
|0
|0.06%
|0.14%
|0.00%
|-
|[[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Some Other Race]] alone (NH)
|2
|9
|8
|0.04%
|0.14%
|0.11%
|-
|[[Multiracial Americans|Mixed Race/Multi-Racial]] (NH)
|30
|95
|173
|0.64%
|1.45%
|2.46%
|-
|[[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic or Latino]] (any race)
|57
|122
|332
|1.22%
|1.76%
|4.72%
|-
|'''Total'''
|'''4,681'''
|'''6,534'''
|'''7,029'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|'''100.00%'''
|}
''Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race.''

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 6,534 people, 1,845 households, and 1,184 families living in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1679.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,912 housing units at an average density of {{convert|491.5|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 93.7% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.1% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 2.4% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.9% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 1.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.9% of the population.

There were 1,845 households, of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.7% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.0% had a male householder with no wife present, and 35.8% were non-families. 21.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.61 and the average family size was 2.96.

The median age in the city was 22.7 years. 17.1% of residents were under the age of 18; 37.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.3% were from 25 to 44; 15.1% were from 45 to 64; and 7.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 37.2% male and 62.8% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 4,681 people, 1,120 households, and 712 families living in the city.  The population density was {{convert|2,517.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  There were 1,147 housing units at an average density of {{convert|616.8|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}.  The racial makeup of the city was 96.69% [[White American|White]], 1.00% [[African American]], 0.21% [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]], 0.98% [[Asian American|Asian]], 0.06% [[Pacific Islander American|Pacific Islander]], 0.38% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States Census|other races]], and 0.66% from two or more races. [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanics or Latinos]] of any race were 1.22% of the population.

There were 1,120 households, out of which 35.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.2% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 10.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.  The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.06.

The age distribution is 16.7% under the age of 18, 44.4% from 18 to 24, 19.8% from 25 to 44, 10.4% from 45 to 64, and 8.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 22 years. For every 100 females, there were 46.4 males.  For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 39.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $38,938, and the median income for a family was $44,737. Males had a median income of $33,344 versus $22,007 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $12,011.  About 5.4% of families and 20.8% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.7% of those under age 18 and 35.2% of those age 65 or over.

==Education==

===Primary and secondary education===
St. Joseph is served by the [[St. Cloud Area School District]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st27_mn/schooldistrict_maps/c27145_stearns/DC20SD_C27145.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Stearns County, MN|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=November 7, 2022}}</ref> The majority of St. Joseph is zoned to Kennedy Community School (PK-8).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/elemboundrymap.pdf|title=Elementary Attendance Areas|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [http://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/kennedyboundary.pdf Detail map] [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 which is linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref> while some portions in the east are zoned to Westwood Elementary School and North Middle School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/westwoodboundary.pdf|title=WESTWOOD Versatrans Base Map|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 Linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/northboundary.pdf|title=NORTH Versatrans Base Map|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 Linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref> The zoned high school is [[Apollo High School (Minnesota)|Apollo High School]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/cms/lib/MN01909691/Centricity/domain/78/boundaries/apolloboundary.pdf|title=APOLLO Versatrans Base Map|publisher=[[St. Cloud Area School District]]|accessdate=November 8, 2022}} - [https://www.isd742.org/Page/863 Linked from here] - Compare to census maps.</ref>

[https://www.isd742.org/Page/21 Kennedy Community School] is a PreK-8 grade school, serving families from St. Joseph. The school opened in the Fall of 2008 following a successful referendum to build a larger school about a mile outside of town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.isd742.org/Page/1411|title=Kennedy Community School History|website=Kennedy Community School|access-date=January 31, 2020}}</ref> The prior school, Kennedy Elementary, was established in 1968.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

[http://www.stjosephccs.org/ Saint Joseph Catholic School] is a parochial school located in St. Joseph and has been associated with the local parish of the same name since the 1850s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stjosephccs.org/about-us/history/|title=History - St. Joseph Catholic School|website=www.stjosephccs.org|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> At that time there was no money to pay a teacher, so parents did work for a local farmer, who in turn, taught the children. The school got its own building in the 1920s. For many years, it served as the only school in town and as the community center.<ref name=":0" />  The school later collaborated with the College of St. Benedict to become a lab school in the 1970s. In the 2000s, it joined with St. Cloud area parochial schools to become part of All Saints Academy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.allsaintsmn.org/about-us/history/|title=History - All Saints Academy|website=www.allsaintsmn.org|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref>

===Higher education===
The [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|College of Saint Benedict (CSB)]] is a four-year, private liberal arts college and the nation's only Benedictine college for women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/about/college-of-saint-benedict/csb-history|title=CSB History|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University|language=en|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> The college opened in 1913, with six students enrolled, and grew out of St. Benedict's Academy, which was founded by [[Saint Benedict's Monastery (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|Saint Benedict's Monastery]] in 1889. The Benedictine community incorporated CSB in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.csbsju.edu/csb-archives/csbhistory|title=CSB History|website=College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University|language=en|access-date=February 1, 2020}}</ref> The college is also connected to [[College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University|Saint John's University (SJU)]], which is a male-only university in [[Collegeville Township, Stearns County, Minnesota|Collegeville Township, Minnesota]].

==Events==
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In May of each year since 2008, hundreds of runners line up in [[Holdingford, Minnesota]] and run the 26.2 mile [[Lake Wobegon Trail Marathon]] route to the finish line in St. Joseph.

The College of St. Benedict is home to the Claire Lynch Gym, where the NCAA DIII Bennies complete in volleyball and basketball against regional [[Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference|MIAC]] teams. The outdoor athletic complex is the Bennies home for hosting MIAC soccer and softball games.

Since 2006, the [[Church of St. Joseph (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|Church of St. Joseph]] has hosted the annual Joetown Rocks music concert, which in recent years has seen annual turnouts of several thousand people. The outdoor concert traditionally occurs in conjunction with Independence Day, and has featured headlining acts such as the Killer Vees, stars from the original Broadway cast of [[Jersey Boys]], and the [[Fabulous Armadillos]].

==Notable people==
* [[Steve Dehler]] (born 1950), was a Minnesota legislator and mayor of St. Joseph.
* [[Joyce Sutphen]] (born 1949) was named in 2011 as the State's [[Poet Laureate]] by Minnesota Governor [[Mark Dayton]].
* [[Jacob Wetterling]] (1978 - 1989) was kidnapped and from his hometown and murdered at the age of 11. It was announced on September 3, 2016 that Jacob's remains had been found and positively identified.
* [[Patty Wetterling]] (born November 2, 1949) is retired civil servants and an advocate for children's safety, particularly focused on protecting children from abduction and abuse. Her advocacy began after her son, Jacob Wetterling, was abducted and murdered on October 22, 1989.
* The [[Servant of God]] Sister [[Annella Zervas]], [[O.S.B.]] (1900–1926), is the closest that [[Minnesota]] possesses to a [[Canonized]] [[Saint]]. Her grave in the cemetery of [[Saint Benedict's Monastery (St. Joseph, Minnesota)|Saint Benedict's Monastery]] continues to receive pilgrims.

==See also==
* [[Saint Joseph]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.cityofstjoseph.com/ St. Joseph City Website]

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