Roseville, Minnesota
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Roseville is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, just north of Saint Paul and east of Minneapolis. It is one of the few Twin Cities suburbs to be geographically adjacent to both St. Paul and Minneapolis. The southern part (as well as Falcon Heights and Lauderdale) used to be part of Saint Paul until 1948 when the towns incorporated.
Several major shopping centers are located there, such as Rosedale and the Har Mar Mall. It was also the location of the first Target ever built (which was extensively remodeled after taking a direct hit from a tornado in 1981 and demolished in early 2005 to build a SuperTarget which opened later that year), the first Best Buy store ever built (originally called Sound of Music), the first Barnes & Noble bookstore outside of New York City and the first McDonald's built in the state of Minnesota. It also is home to the John Rose Oval, the world's largest outdoor artificial sheet of ice. The 1995 men's Bandy World Championship and the 2006 women's Bandy World Championship were held here. The fifth largest board game publisher in the world, Fantasy Flight Games is based in Roseville.
Roseville's population was 33,690 at the 2000 census, and was estimated to be 32,695 in July 2004. Roseville's per-capita retail spending is slightly higher than the city of Bloomington (home of the Mall of America) and is probably due to the numerous malls in Roseville.
Roseville is the hometown of MacGyver and Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson, WKRP in Cincinnati star Loni Anderson, Six Feet Under and Sports Night star Peter Krause, and Blues singer Johnny Lang. In August of 2006, Roseville resident Jim Kramer won the United States Scrabble Open in Phoenix, Arizona to become the National Scrabble Association (NSA) champion.
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[edit] History
The land that Roseville stands on was originally home to the Dakota and Ojibway. The first white settlers came in 1843, and the Native Americans had left the area by 1862. Rose Township was established in 1850; it was named after one of the first settlers, Isaac Rose. The township included the areas now known as Roseville, Lauderdale, and Falcon Heights, as well as parts of present day Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The area saw rapid growth through the 1930s and 1940s, and Roseville incorporated as a village in 1948 to accommodate. Falcon Heights and Lauderdale soon followed suit, and Rose Township ceased to exist.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 35.8 km² (13.8 mi²). 34.3 km² (13.2 mi²) of it is land and 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it (4.26%) is water. The 45th Parallel of latitude crosses the city: a marker one block north of the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Roselawn Avenue notes the 45th parallel.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census² of 2000, there were 33,690 people, 14,598 households, and 8,598 families residing in the city. The population density was 982.5/km² (2,543.9/mi²). There were 14,917 housing units at an average density of 435.0/km² (1,126.4/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.49% White, 2.80% Black, 0.32% Native American, 4.89% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 0.76% from other races, and 1.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.97% of the population.
There were 14,598 households out of which 22.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.1% were non-families. 33.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.20 and the average family size was 2.82.
In the city the population was spread out with 18.2% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 20.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 87.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $51,056, and the median income for a family was $65,861. Males had a median income of $41,765 versus $32,389 for females. The per capita income for the city was $27,755. About 2.6% of families and 4.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 2.9% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] Education
Roseville is served by the Roseville Area School District (ISD 623) and the Mounds View School District (ISD 621).
It is also home to Concordia Academy, a private high school affiliated with the Lutheran church. [1]
[edit] Colleges
- Minneapolis Business College [2] - (Located next to Highway 62)
- Northwestern College's campus is partially located in Roseville.
[edit] Things to do
[edit] Libraries
- Ramsey County Library (Hamline and County Road B)
[edit] Parks and Lakes
- Central Park
- Harriet Alexander Nature Center
- Reservoir Woods
- Langton Lake Park
- Lake McCarrons
- Lake Owasso
- Lake Johanna
- Lake Josephine
- Willow Pond
[edit] Recreation
- Cedarholm Golf Course (County Road B2 and Hamline)
- Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval (County Road C between Hamline and Lexington)
- Al's Billiards (Larpenteur and Hamline)
- LavaLinks (Crossroads Mall)
- Movie Theaters (Crossroads, HarMar, Roseville 4, and Rosedale)
[edit] External links
- Street map from Google Maps
- Roseville's Website
- Roseville Historical Society
- Roseville Visitor's Association
