Saint Peter, Minnesota
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in St. Peter City. It lies in ZIP code area 56082. The Survey maps it on the Saint Peter quadrangle. 12,066 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
On record in Saint Peter
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 16 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
St. Peter Commercial Historic Districtlisted 2001 · 0.1 miles away
Nicollet County Banklisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away
St. Peter Armorylisted 1997 · 0.1 miles away
St. Peter Carnegie Librarylisted 1983 · 0.1 miles away
Nicollet House Hotellisted 1975 · 0.1 miles away
Church of the Holy Communion-Episcopallisted 1983 · 0.2 miles away
Frederick A. Donahower Houselisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Union Presbyterian Churchlisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Emily and Stephen Schumacher Houselisted 2000 · 0.3 miles away
Sarah and Thomas Montogomery Houselisted 2000 · 0.3 miles away
Henry A. Swift Houselisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
John A. Johnson Houselisted 1983 · 0.5 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSaint Peter grew from 11,196 to 12,066 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11,196 | |
| 2020 | 12,066 | +870 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1953 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Saint Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS St. Paul quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS St Peter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS St. Peter quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Faribault quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS St Peter quadrangle1:24000
- 1991 USGS St. Peter quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Saint Peter in 1996, burning about 290 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 November 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 290 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Saint Peter: 16 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Limestone, Dimension. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caroline & Moses Qsuarry | Limestone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Mill | Silica | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Silica Pit | Silica | Producer | Sandstone | |
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ed Swarthout Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No 2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gopher State Sandstone Quarry No1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Henroy Komstz Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lundin Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Earth Co Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traverse | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| North Star | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Oshawa | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Avalon | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Norseland | 10.4 miles | 9 | |
| Camelot Park | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| North Mankato | 11.1 miles | 13 | |
| Riverbend Estates | 11.2 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Saint Peter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1931467 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 651004. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.








