St. Cloud, Minnesota

St. Cloud, Minnesota
—  City  —
Buildings on 5th Ave in downtown St. Cloud
Seal
Nickname(s): The Granite City
Location in the state of Minnesota.
Coordinates: 45°33′14″N 94°10′13″W
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Stearns, Benton, Sherburne
Founded	1856
Government
• Mayor	Dave Kleis
Area
• City	41.08 sq mi (106.40 km2)
• Land	40.04 sq mi (103.70 km2)
• Water	1.04 sq mi (2.69 km2)
Elevation	1,030 ft (314 m)
Population (2010)
• City	65,842
• Estimate (2011 )	66,169
• Density	1,644.4/sq mi (634.9/km2)
• Metro	189,148
Time zone	CST (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST)	CDT (UTC-5)
ZIP codes	56301, 56302, 56303, 56304, 56393, 56397, 56398
Area code(s)	320
FIPS code	27-56896
GNIS feature ID	0650559
Website	www.ci.stcloud.mn.us

Red River cart at Saint Cloud, 1887

Downtown Saint Cloud, 2007

St. Cloud (pron.: /ˌseɪntˈklaʊd/) is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region; the Mississippi River runs through it. The population was 65,842 at the 2010 census. St. Cloud is the county seat of Stearns County and was named after the city of Saint-Cloud, France (in Île-de-France, near Paris), which was named for the 6th-century French monk Clodoald.

Though mostly in Stearns County, St. Cloud also extends into Benton and Sherburne counties. It is the center of a small metropolitan area, with Waite Park, Sauk Rapids, Sartell, and St. Augusta directly bordering the city, and Foley, Rice, Kimball, Clearwater, Clear Lake, Rockville, St. Joseph, and Cold Spring nearby. With 189,093 residents at the 2010 census, the St. Cloud metropolitan area is the third-largest Minnesota population center, behind Minneapolis–St. Paul and Duluth–Superior, and slightly ahead of Rochester (with 187,612 residents). (The population of Fargo-Moorhead is also larger than St. Cloud's or Rochester's, but most of it is in North Dakota, with only 58,999 residents in Minnesota.)

St. Cloud is 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the "Twin Cities" of Minneapolis–St. Paul along Interstate 94, U.S. Route 10, and Minnesota State Highway 23. The St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is made up of Stearns and Benton Counties. The city was included in a newly defined Minneapolis–St. Paul–St. Cloud Combined Statistical Area (CSA) in 2000. St. Cloud as a whole has never been part of the 13-county MSA comprising Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington and parts of western Wisconsin, although its Sherburne County portion is considered part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area by Census Bureau definition.

St. Cloud owns and operates a hydroelectric dam on the Mississippi that can produce up to 9 megawatts of electricity. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources designated a 12-mile (19 km) section of the river south of St. Cloud as part of Minnesota's Wild & Scenic Rivers Program in 1976. It has the 30 undeveloped "Beaver Islands", multiple channels and sandbars, and no major rapids, and is popular for day trips by canoe.

History

This area was occupied by successive cultures of indigenous peoples for thousands of years. Europeans encountered the Ottawa, Ojibwe, and Winnebago as they started to trade for furs with Native American peoples.

Minnesota was organized as a territory in 1849. The St. Cloud area was opened up to settlers in 1851 after treaty negotiations with the Winnebago (Ho-Chunk) tribe in 1851 and 1852. John Wilson, a Maine native with French Huguenot ancestry and an interest in Napoleon, named the settlement St. Cloud after Saint-Cloud, the Paris suburb where Napoleon had his favorite palace.

St. Cloud was a waystation on the Middle and Woods branches of the Red River Trails used by Métis traders between the Canadian border at Pembina, North Dakota and St. Paul. The cart trains often consisted of hundreds of ox carts; the Métis would camp west of the city and cross the Mississippi in St. Cloud or just to the north in Sauk Rapids. They were bringing furs to trade for supplies to take back to their rural settlements.

The City of St. Cloud was incorporated in 1856. It developed from three distinct settlements, known as Upper Town, Middle Town, and Lower Town, that were established by European-American settlers beginning in 1853. The remnants of the deep ravines that separated the three are still visible today. Middle Town was settled primarily by Catholic German immigrants and migrants from eastern states, who were recruited to the region by Father Francis Xavier Pierz, a Catholic priest. He also ministered as a missionary to Native Americans. Lower Town was founded by settlers from the Northern Tier of New England and the mid-Atlantic states, including former residents of upstate New York.

Upper Town, or Arcadia, was plotted by General Sylvanus Lowry, a slaveholder and trader from Kentucky who brought slaves with him, although Minnesota was organized as a free territory. By the time he was elected as St. Cloud's first mayor in 1856, serving one year, Lowry was politically powerful in central Minnesota. Successful as an Indian trader, he controlled considerable land.

Jane Grey Swisshelm, an abolitionist newspaper editor who had migrated from Pittsburgh, repeatedly attacked Lowry in print. At one point he organized a "Committee of Vigilance" that broke into Swisshelm's newspaper office and removed her press, throwing it into the Mississippi River. He started a rival paper, The Union,

Southerners migrated in greater number to St. Cloud after 1857 and the US Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case. It had ruled against slaves being able to file freedom suits, as well as declaring the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional, so the territory's prohibition against slavery was unenforceable. Slaves were held, in small number, in several counties around St. Cloud. But nearly all Southerners left the St. Cloud area when the Civil War broke out, taking their slaves with them. Lowry died in the city in 1865.

Beginning in 1864 Stephen Miller served a two-year term as Minnesota governor, the only citizen of St. Cloud ever to hold the office. Miller was a "Pennsylvania German businessman", lawyer, writer, active abolitionist, and personal friend of Alexander Ramsey, the governor. He was on the state's Republican electoral ticket with Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Although he never attended college, as governor Miller supported higher education, including the state "Normal" schools for teacher training, one of which became St. Cloud State University. In his final legislative address as governor, Miller made a strong argument for a black suffrage amendment to the state constitution, but no bill was developed or passed by the legislature.

Steamboats regularly docked at St. Cloud as part of the fur trade and other commerce, although river levels were not reliable. Granite quarries have operated in the area since the 1880s, giving St. Cloud its nickname, "The Granite City."

In 1917, Samuel Pandolfo started the Pan Motor Company in St. Cloud. Pandolfo claimed that St. Cloud would become the new Detroit for all the Pan-Cars produced. He was later convicted and imprisoned for attempting to defraud investors.

Parks

The city maintains 95 parks, totaling more than 1,400 acres (5.7 km²) and ranging in size from 80 "neighborhood and mini parks" to 243 acres (0.98 km²). The largest developed park, Whitney Memorial Park, is the former location of the city airport. It features numerous softball, baseball, and soccer fields.

Transportation

St. Cloud is a regional transportation hub within Minnesota. Major roadways including Interstate Highway 94, U.S. Highway 10, and Minnesota State Highways 15 and 23 pass through the city.

Bus service within the city and to neighboring Sartell, Sauk Rapids, and Waite Park is offered through St. Cloud Metro Bus which was recognized in 2007 as the best transit system of its size in North America. An innovative system gives transit buses a slight advantage at stoplights in order to improve efficiency and on-time performance. The Metro Bus Transit Center in the downtown area is also shared with Jefferson Lines, providing national bus service.

Bus service links downtown St. Cloud and St. Cloud State University with the western terminus of the Northstar Commuter Rail line in Big Lake, which in turn links to the Metro Transit bus and light rail system at Target Field Station in downtown Minneapolis.

Several rail lines run through the city, which is a stop on Amtrak's Empire Builder passenger rail line. St. Cloud is also home to St. Cloud Regional Airport, from which daily connecting flights to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport were made on Delta Connection, operated by Mesaba Airlines, until January 1, 2010, when the service was discontinued. On December 15, 2012, Allegiant Air began nonstop flights between St. Cloud Regional Airport and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, on McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft.

Education

The city of St. Cloud is part of the St. Cloud Area School District, which serves St. Cloud, St. Augusta, Clearwater, Waite Park, St. Joseph, and Haven Township. The district has eight elementary schools, a new K-8 school in St. Joseph, and two major public high schools, St. Cloud Technical High School and St. Cloud Apollo High School. St. Cloud also has a major private high school, Cathedral High School. Both public high schools offer a broad selection of Advanced Placement courses, and rank high in the state in number of AP tests taken and of test takers. St. Cloud Tech is the older of the two, opening in 1917, and is just west of downtown on the city's south side. Apollo opened in 1970 and serves the expanding north side of the city. Other high schools and secondary schools that serve the city of St. Cloud include St. Robert Bellarmine's Academy, St. Cloud Christian School, Immaculate Conception Academy, St. John's Preparatory School, and St. Cloud Alternative Learning Center. St. Cloud also has one of the most successful charter schools in the state, STRIDE Academy, which is K-8. The nearby cities of Sauk Rapids and Sartell also have their own school districts and high schools, bringing the number of public high schools in the metropolitan area to four.

Colleges

The St. Cloud area is home to several higher education facilities, including the second-largest university in the state, St. Cloud State University. As of 2009, 17,686 students attend SCSU, including 1,905 graduate students. Other post-secondary institutions and campuses in St. Cloud proper include St. Cloud Technical and Community College (SCTCC), Rasmussen College, Globe University/Minnesota School of Business, and the College of St. Scholastica. Additionally, the College of St. Benedict (an all-female private Catholic liberal arts college) is located in nearby St. Joseph, while its all-male sibling school, St. John's University, is in nearby Collegeville.

Politics

The mayor of St. Cloud is Dave Kleis, who won reelection in 2008 after his only opponent, Ryan Fagan, abandoned a write-in campaign after receiving little public support. St. Cloud is in Minnesota's 6th congressional district, represented by Michele Bachmann (R). St. Cloud is partly in Minnesota House of Representatives district 15A, represented by Steve Gottwalt (R), and partly in 15B, represented by King Banaian (R). State Senate District 15 is represented by vice chair of the state capital investment committee John Pederson (R).

In the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and Joe Biden won 54% of the vote in the city, and John McCain and Sarah Palin 46%.

Past mayors of St. Cloud include Sylvanus B. Lowry (1856), John L. Wilson (1857–58), E. O. Hamlin (1868), J. A. McDonald (1900), J. R. Boyd (1901), J. E. C. Robinson (1902–05 and 1906), J. N. Bensen (1905), David McCarty (1907), Louis Brown (1907), Hugh Evans (1908–09), D. H. Freeman (1910 and 1916–19), P. J. Seberger (1911–12), H. J. Limperich (1919), W. W. Matson (1920–24), J. Arthur Bensen (1924–28), James H. Murphy (1928–32, 1945–48), Phil Collignon (1932–45), Mathew Malisheski (1948–52), Lawrence A. Borgert (1952), George Byers (1953–60), Thomas E. Mealey (1960–64), Ed Henry (1964–71), Al Loehr (1971–80), Sam Huston (1980–89), Chuck Winkelman (1989–97), Larry Meyer (1997–2001), and John Ellenbecker (2001–05).

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 41.08 square miles (106.40 km²), of which, 40.04 square miles (103.70 km²) is land and 1.04 square miles (2.69 km²) is water. The city is bisected by the Mississippi River, and part of the Sauk River runs along its northern edge. Just south of downtown, near Technical High School, is the 7-acre, 35-feet-deep Lake George.

Adjacent communities

• Sartell – north
• Sauk Rapids – northeast
• St Augusta – south
• Waite Park – west

Climate

St. Cloud lies in the warm summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen climate classification Dfb), with hot, humid summers and cold winters with heavy snowfall. January is the coldest month, with an average high temperature of 19 °F (−7 °C) and an average low temperature of −1 °F (−18 °C). July is the warmest month, with an average high of 82 °F (28 °C) and an average low of 58 °F (14 °C).

Climate data for St. Cloud, MN (St. Cloud Regional Airport)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °F (°C)	56 (13)	58 (14)	81 (27)	96 (36)	105 (41)	102 (39)	107 (42)	105 (41)	106 (41)	90 (32)	75 (24)	63 (17)	107 (42)
Average high °F (°C)	18.7 (−7.39)	25.7 (−3.5)	37.7 (3.2)	54.9 (12.7)	69.0 (20.6)	77.3 (25.2)	81.7 (27.6)	78.9 (26.1)	69.0 (20.6)	56.3 (13.5)	37.2 (2.9)	23.2 (−4.89)	52.5 (11.4)
Average low °F (°C)	−1.2 (−18.44)	6.4 (−14.22)	19.1 (−7.17)	32.2 (0.1)	44.1 (6.7)	52.9 (11.6)	57.9 (14.4)	55.5 (13.1)	45.7 (7.6)	34.3 (1.3)	20.4 (−6.44)	5.5 (−14.72)	31.1 (−0.5)
Record low °F (°C)	−43 (−41.7)	−40 (−40)	−32 (−35.6)	−3 (−19.4)	18 (−7.8)	32 (0)	40 (4)	33 (1)	18 (−7.8)	2 (−16.7)	−23 (−30.6)	−41 (−40.6)	−43 (−41.7)
Precipitation inches (mm)	0.76 (19.3)	0.59 (15)	1.50 (38.1)	2.13 (54.1)	2.97 (75.4)	4.51 (114.6)	3.34 (84.8)	3.93 (99.8)	2.93 (74.4)	2.24 (56.9)	1.54 (39.1)	0.69 (17.5)	27.13 (689.1)
Snowfall inches (cm)	10.1 (25.7)	7.2 (18.3)	8.5 (21.6)	2.9 (7.4)	0.2 (0.5)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.6 (1.5)	9.1 (23.1)	8.6 (21.8)	47.2 (119.9)
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in)	8.8	6.9	8.3	9.4	11.1	11.4	10.6	10.0	9.3	8.5	8.3	7.9	110.5
Avg. snowy days (≥ 0.1 in)	8.5	6.8	5.1	2.4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.8	5.7	8.3	37.8
Source #1: NOAA (normals, 1971–2000)
Source #2: The Weather Channel (records),

Demographics

Historical populations
Census	Pop.		%±
1870	2,181		—
1880	2,482		13.8%
1890	7,086		185.5%
1900	8,683		22.5%
1910	10,600		22.1%
1920	15,873		49.7%
1930	21,000		32.3%
1940	24,173		15.1%
1950	28,410		17.5%
1960	32,415		14.1%
1970	39,691		22.4%
1980	42,566		7.2%
1990	48,812		14.7%
2000	59,108		21.1%
2010	65,842		11.4%
Est. 2011	66,169		0.5%
U.S. Decennial Census 2011 estimate

2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 65,842 people, 25,439 households, and 13,348 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,644.4 inhabitants per square mile (634.9 /km²). There were 27,338 housing units at an average density of 682.8 per square mile (263.6 /km²). The racial makeup of the city was 84.6% White, 7.8% African American, 0.7% Native American, 3.7% Asian, 0.8% from other races, and 2.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population.

There were 25,439 households out of which 25.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.5% were non-families. 30.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.8% 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 2.95.

The median age in the city was 28.8 years. 18.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 23.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.5% were from 25 to 44; 21.5% were from 45 to 64; and 10.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.5% male and 48.5% female.

2000 census

St. Cloud is the principal city of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan area that covers Sherburne, Benton and Stearns counties and had a combined population of 167,392 at the 2000 census.

In the 2000 census, 27.3% of St. Cloud households had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.9% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 3.00.

The median income for a household in the city was $37,346, and the median income for a family was $50,460. Males had a median income of $33,670 versus $23,759 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,769. About 5.0% of families and 13.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.0% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.

Culture

Sports

The city is home to

• the St. Cloud State University Division I ice hockey team. The team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.
• the Granite City Lumberjacks, a tier III hockey team.
• the St. Cloud Rox (formerly the River Bats) of the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The Rox play at Joe Faber Field in St. Cloud and were founded in 2012.
• the Saint Cloud Area Roller Dolls, a flat-track roller derby league founded in 2011.

Sites of interest

The St. Cloud VA Medical Center was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

• Cathedral of Saint Mary, the largest church serving the oldest parish in the community, built in the 1920s in the Italian Romanesque style. The Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud.
• The St. Cloud Central Business District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. St. Cloud is a Preserve America Community.
• Great River Regional Library, a six-county regional system serving 32 communities. A new main library building opened in St. Cloud in September 2008.
• Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens, extensive flower gardens dating from the 1930s. See Munsinger Clemens Botanical Society.
• Quarry Park, a unique public park that features 20 granite quarries, hiking, biking and ski trails. Part of the Stearns County park system.
• Paramount Theatre and Visual Arts Center, a restored 1700-seat theater, built in 1921.
• St. Cloud Hospital, part of CentraCare Health, was founded in 1886 as St. Benedict's Hospital. The regional health system includes four smaller hospitals and numerous outreach and outpatient clinics and services.
• Stearns County History Museum, with two floors of exhibits, a research area, a museum store, and a 100-acre (0.40 km²) nature park. The only county museum in Minnesota accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
• Minnesota Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame, dedicated to preserving Minnesota's baseball history.
• St. Cloud River's Edge Convention Center, a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m²) meeting center overlooking the Mississippi River.
• St. Cloud Regional Airport, providing scheduled commercial turboprop passenger service, private, corporate, cargo and military operations.
• St. Cloud State University, with 17,892 students including international students from 84 countries.
• St. Cloud Technical & Community College, a member of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.
• Minnesota Correctional Facility – St. Cloud, built in 1889, housing nearly 1,000 prisoners.

Economy

Top employers

According to St. Cloud's 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are:

#	Employer	# of Employees
1	CentraCare Health System/St. Cloud Hospital	4,110
2	State of Minnesota	2,036
3	St. Cloud VA Medical Center	1,360
4	Electrolux Home Products	1,259
5	St. Cloud School District	828
6	New Flyer Industries	530
7	Wolters Kluwer Financial Services	525
8	ING Direct	495
9	Bluestem Fulfillment	484
10	City of St. Cloud	438

Media

The main newspaper is the St. Cloud Times, a Gannett newspaper. The St. Cloud Diocese also publishes the St. Cloud Visitor, which serves the regional Catholic community.

Television station KPXM-TV (channel 41), an "ion" network affiliate, is licensed to the city, though the signal also reaches the Twin Cities region. Low-power stations are: WCMN (channel 13) which is not always on the air, and K19BG (channel 19), a former TBN affiliate. Additional, St. Cloud State University students operate cable-only UTVS (channel 21), which includes local news.

Radio stations include:

AM

• WXYG 540 AM "540 The Goat" (classic rock), Tri-County Broadcasting
• WBHR 660 AM "660 The Bear" (sports), Tri-County Broadcasting
• WVAL 800 AM (classic country), Tri-County Broadcasting
• WMIN 1010 AM "Uptown 1010" Tri-County Broadcasting
• KYES (AM) 1180 (religious programming), Throw Fire Project
• WJON 1240 AM (news/talk), Townsquare Media
• KXSS 1390 AM (sports), Townsquare Media (affiliated with KFAN)
• KNSI 1450 AM (news/talk), Leighton Broadcasting

FM

• KVSC 88.1 FM (college radio), St. Cloud State University
• K208DV 89.5 "Air 1" (Contemporary Christian music), Educational Media Foundation
• KNSR 88.9 FM (news/talk), Minnesota Public Radio
• KSJR-FM 90.1 FM (classical music), Minnesota Public Radio
• KCFB 91.5 FM (Christian radio), Minnesota Christian Broadcasters
• KKJM 92.9 FM "Spirit 92.9" (Contemporary Christian music), Gabriel Communications
• KMXK 94.9 FM "Mix 94.9" (Adult Contemporary), Townsquare Media
• KZRV 96.7 FM "REV 96.7" (Active Rock), Townsquare Media
• WWJO 98.1 FM "98 Country" (country music), Townsquare Media
• KZPK 98.9 FM "Wild Country 99" (country music), Leighton Broadcasting
• KCML 99.9 FM "Lite 99.9" (Adult Contemporary), Leighton Broadcasting
• WHMH 101.7 FM "Rockin' 101" (active rock), Tri-County Broadcasting
• KNSI 103.3 FM (news/talk), Leighton Broadcasting
• KLZZ 103.7 FM "The Loon" (classic rock), Townsquare Media
• KCLD 104.7 FM (Top 40), Leighton Broadcasting

Notable people

• Jim Eisenreich, Major League Baseball player
• Howard M. Fish, retired American Air Force lieutenant general, former assistant vice chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force
• Charles A. Gilman, ninth Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
• Janey Gohl, Miss Minnesota USA 1978
• Lawrence M. Hall, longest-serving Speaker of the Minnesota House of Representatives
• June Marlowe, actress notable for playing Miss Crabtree in the short-film series Our Gang
• Stephen Miller, abolitionist, Civil War veteran, Republican politician, fourth governor of Minnesota
• William P. Murphy, former Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court
• Tom Petters, former CEO and chairman of Petters Group Worldwide, convicted for involvement in a $3.65 billion Ponzi scheme
• Reynold Philipsek, gypsy jazz guitarist
• Michael Sauer, professional ice hockey player for the New York Rangers
• Stephen Sommers, film director and alumnus of Cathedral High School and St. John's University
• Jane Swisshelm, newspaper owner and editor and abolitionist
• Gig Young, actor

Sister cities

• Spalt, Germany

Popular culture

• Courtroom scenes in the Disney Film The Mighty Ducks were filmed in St. Cloud, and a few scenes were filmed at the Municipal Athletic Complex (MAC) but did not make the final film.
• Senator Al Franken and Tom Davis's One More Saturday Night is set in St. Cloud, but was not filmed there.
• Juno was partially set in St. Cloud, which is referred to as "East Jesus Nowhere", though no filming took place in the city.
• The song "On a Bus to St. Cloud", by Gretchen Peters, is on Trisha Yearwood's 1995 album Thinkin' About You.
• In 2005, Penn & Teller: Bullshit! shot an episode on the SCSU campus.
• In the 2007 horror movie 1408, St. Cloud is mentioned as one of the scariest places the protagonist has visited while investigating haunted houses.
• Judith Guest and Rebecca Hill's novel Killing Time in St. Cloud is set in the eponymous city.
• John Bellairs's character Mr. Emerson is from St. Cloud.
• In the novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud by Ben Sherwood, the main character's mother grew up in the city.
• In the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, Marshall Eriksen (as well as the whole Eriksen family) is from St. Cloud.

See also

• 1998 St. Cloud explosion

External links

• City website
• Movies and television shows filmed in St. Cloud
• St. Cloud Area Schools site
• Granite Country.com -- St. Cloud Area Visitor Information site
• St. Cloud Area Chamber of Commerce
• St. Cloud Neighborhood Coalition
• St. Cloud Times newspaper site
• St. Cloud Symphony Orchestra, performing concerts since 1975.
• St. Cloud Municipal Band, founded in 1887
• Saint Cloud travel guide from Wikivoyage