Editing St. Paul, Nebraska

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[[File:St. Paul Nebraska September 2018.jpg|thumb|Oblique air photo from September, 2018]]
'''St. Paul''' or '''Saint Paul'''<ref name=gnis/> is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Howard County, Nebraska|Howard County]], [[Nebraska]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx|accessdate=2011-06-07|title=Find a County|publisher=National Association of Counties}}</ref>  The population was 2,290 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].

St. Paul is part of the [[Grand Island, Nebraska]] [[Grand Island micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==History==
St. Paul was founded by two young surveyors, James N. and Nicholas J. Paul, who had been surveying in Nebraska and the surrounding areas as the land opened to settlers.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.casde.unl.edu/history/counties/howard/stpaul/ | title=St. Paul, Howard County | publisher=University of Nebraska | work=Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies | accessdate=13 August 2014}}</ref>  Struck by the beauty and the prospects of the Loup valley, they took out homesteads, successfully petitioned the state legislature to form a new county to be known as Howard County, and laid out the townsite.  They brought the first settlers to the county in March 1871 and established the seat of government in St. Paul.  Stillman Hazeltine put up the first building for a general store and town hall in the summer of 1871.  That first building burned a few years later and the brick building which replaced it is still in use with his name and date 1871 on the front.

When the town was to be named, a committee collected the suggested names in a hat and the name Athens was drawn.  Since an Athens already existed in the state, Nebraska Senator Phineas W. Hitchcock suggested the name St. Paul in honor of the Paul brothers who founded it.  It officially became the county seat by vote in 1874 and was incorporated in 1881.  The first mayor was E.F. Clapp.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

During its first twenty years, Howard County was a typical western frontier with covered wagons, cowboys, huge cattle herds, rowdy railroad construction gangs, and Army detachments stationed within its borders.  As settlers and the railroad extended north and west, the town of St. Paul served as an important trade center and quickly grew to a population of 2,000 residents.  From 1882 until 1917, St. Paul was the home of Frank Iams, the nation's largest importer of European draft horses.  Three-star General C.S. Irvine set record-shattering, long-distance flights in a [[Boeing B-29 Superfortress variants|B-29]] shortly after World War II. Herbert Paul was Adjutant General of the Nebraska National Guard for 19 years.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

St. Paul had a broom factory, canning factory, brick factory, cigar factory, two flour mills, hatchery and more.  Through the years innovation like the first self-rising flour was developed at one of the flour mills.  The first chicken hatchery in Nebraska started in Cushing in 1901, moved to St. Paul in 1922, and operated until 1956.  Pirus, a cure for many kidney and liver ailments, was invented in St. Paul.  [[Dorothy Lynch]] invented her famous salad dressing in St. Paul, which is now sold nationally.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

[[Grover Cleveland Alexander]], who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, was born on a farm in the area and retired to St. Paul at the end of his sports career.  The American Legion baseball field was dedicated on June 15, 1971, and named after Alexander. Each year St. Paul honors Alexander with the celebration of Grover Cleveland Alexander (GCA) Days, the weekend following the 4th of July.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.11|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=2012-06-24|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=2012-01-25|df=}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box
|location = St. Paul, Nebraska (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1899–2009) 
|single line = Y
|width = auto
| Jan record high F = 74
| Feb record high F = 79
| Mar record high F = 92
| Apr record high F = 98
| May record high F = 106
| Jun record high F = 110
| Jul record high F = 115
| Aug record high F = 111
| Sep record high F = 108
| Oct record high F = 97
| Nov record high F = 85
| Dec record high F = 81
| year record high F = 115

|Jan avg record high F = 57.6
|Feb avg record high F = 63.1
|Mar avg record high F = 75.8
|Apr avg record high F = 85.2
|May avg record high F = 90.6
|Jun avg record high F = 97.0
|Jul avg record high F = 100.5
|Aug avg record high F = 99.1
|Sep avg record high F = 94.7
|Oct avg record high F = 86.1
|Nov avg record high F = 72.1
|Dec avg record high F = 60.3
|year avg record high F = 102.1

| Jan high F = 35.4
| Feb high F = 40.9
| Mar high F = 54.0
| Apr high F = 64.9
| May high F = 73.9
| Jun high F = 84.3
| Jul high F = 88.8
| Aug high F = 86.6
| Sep high F = 80.0
| Oct high F = 66.5
| Nov high F = 50.1
| Dec high F = 38.0
| year high F = 63.6
| Jan mean F = 24.9
| Feb mean F = 29.4
| Mar mean F = 41.1
| Apr mean F = 51.6
| May mean F = 61.9
| Jun mean F = 72.2
| Jul mean F = 76.9
| Aug mean F = 74.8
| Sep mean F = 66.8
| Oct mean F = 53.5
| Nov mean F = 38.9
| Dec mean F = 28.1
| year mean F = 51.7
| Jan low F = 14.3
| Feb low F = 18.0
| Mar low F = 28.1
| Apr low F = 38.2
| May low F = 49.9
| Jun low F = 60.0
| Jul low F = 65.0
| Aug low F = 63.0
| Sep low F = 53.6
| Oct low F = 40.4
| Nov low F = 27.7
| Dec low F = 18.2
| year low F = 39.7

|Jan avg record low F = -8.6
|Feb avg record low F = -4.0
|Mar avg record low F = 7.4
|Apr avg record low F = 23.7
|May avg record low F = 35.2
|Jun avg record low F = 46.9
|Jul avg record low F = 53.6
|Aug avg record low F = 50.9
|Sep avg record low F = 36.1
|Oct avg record low F = 24.8
|Nov avg record low F = 10.5
|Dec avg record low F = -2.7
|year avg record low F = -10.7

| Jan record low F = −33
| Feb record low F = −32
| Mar record low F = −17
| Apr record low F = -2
| May record low F = 21
| Jun record low F = 34
| Jul record low F = 42
| Aug record low F = 36
| Sep record low F = 22
| Oct record low F = 5
| Nov record low F = −11
| Dec record low F = −29
| year record low F = −33
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation inch = 0.55
| Feb precipitation inch = 0.70
| Mar precipitation inch = 1.57
| Apr precipitation inch = 2.73
| May precipitation inch = 4.47
| Jun precipitation inch = 4.01
| Jul precipitation inch = 3.47
| Aug precipitation inch = 3.47
| Sep precipitation inch = 2.13
| Oct precipitation inch = 2.18
| Nov precipitation inch = 1.18
| Dec precipitation inch = 0.86
| year precipitation inch = 27.32
| Jan snow inch = 4.7
| Feb snow inch = 6.2
| Mar snow inch = 3.0
| Apr snow inch = 1.8
| May snow inch = 0.0
| Jun snow inch = 0.0
| Jul snow inch = 0.0
| Aug snow inch = 0.0
| Sep snow inch = 0.0
| Oct snow inch = 0.4
| Nov snow inch = 2.2
| Dec snow inch = 4.1
| year snow inch = 22.4
| unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
| Jan precipitation days = 3.8
| Feb precipitation days = 4.8
| Mar precipitation days = 6.2
| Apr precipitation days = 8.6
| May precipitation days = 10.9
| Jun precipitation days = 9.6
| Jul precipitation days = 8.8
| Aug precipitation days = 8.2
| Sep precipitation days = 6.3
| Oct precipitation days = 6.7
| Nov precipitation days = 4.2
| Dec precipitation days = 4.0
| year precipitation days = 82.1
| unit snow days = 0.1 in
| Jan snow days = 2.6
| Feb snow days = 3.1
| Mar snow days = 1.3
| Apr snow days = 0.8
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.2
| Nov snow days = 1.3
| Dec snow days = 2.6
| year snow days = 11.9
|source 1 = [[NOAA]] (mean maxima/minima 1899&ndash;2009)<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web 
| url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=gid
| title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| accessdate = January 13, 2022}}</ref><ref name = NCEI>
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USC00257515&format=pdf
| title = Station: Saint Paul, NE
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = January 13, 2022}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1880= 482
|1890= 1263
|1900= 1475
|1910= 1336
|1920= 1615
|1930= 1621
|1940= 1571
|1950= 1676
|1960= 1714
|1970= 2026
|1980= 2094
|1990= 2009
|2000= 2218
|2010= 2290
|2020= 2416
|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|accessdate=November 13, 2013}}</ref><br/>2012 Estimate<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|title=Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012|access-date=November 13, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602094321/http://www.census.gov/popest/data/cities/totals/2012/SUB-EST2012-3.html|archive-date=June 2, 2013|df=}}</ref>
}}

===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=2012-06-24}}</ref> of 2010, there were 2,290 people, 989 households, and 590 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|2063.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 1,093 housing units at an average density of {{convert|984.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 98.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.3% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.1% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.1% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 1.3% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 989 households, of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.3% were non-families. 36.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.28 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median age in the city was 40.3 years. 26% of residents were under the age of 18; 6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 22.9% were from 25 to 44; 24% were from 45 to 64; and 21.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.3% male and 51.7% female.

===2000 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2000, there were 2,218 people, 935 households, and 584 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2,083.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,020 housing units at an average density of {{convert|958.3|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 99.37% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.23% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.18% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.14% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], and 0.09% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 0.86% of the population.

There were 935 households, out of which 32.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.8% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.5% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.1% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 19.3% from 45 to 64, and 22.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 81.8 males.

As of 2000 the median income for a household in the city was $31,818, and the median income for a family was $43,571. Males had a median income of $32,051 versus $19,776 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $17,596. About 5.8% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 17.2% of those age 65 or over.

== Notable people==
* [[Jon Lynn Christensen]], Member of the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[Nebraska]]'s [[Nebraska's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] district (January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999)
* [[Dorothy Lynch]], creator of Dorothy Lynch salad dressing
* [[Vickie D. McDonald]], Nebraska legislator
* [[Reynold Nesiba|Reynold F. Nesiba]], Minority Leader of the South Dakota Senate
* [[Jean Potts]], Author of ''Go, Lovely Rose'', which won the Mystery Writers of America's Best First Novel [[Edgar Award]] for 1955<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/17/arts/jean-potts-88-author-of-prize-winning-mystery.html "Jean Potts, 88, Author of Prize-Winning Mystery".]  [https://www.nytimes.com/ ''New York Times''.]  1999-11-17.  Retrieved 2016-01-14.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.stpaulnebraska.com Community website]
* [http://www.howardcounty.ne.gov County website]
* [http://www.nebraskabaseballmuseum.com Nebraska Baseball Museum]
* [http://www.historichc.us Howard County Historical Society]

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