ZIP Code 56320

Cold Spring is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. It is at the gateway of the Sauk River Chain of Lakes, an interconnected system of 14 bay-like lakes. The city was thrust in the national spotlight on September 24, 2003, when then 15-year-old Jason McLaughlin shot and killed two classmates in the Rocori High School shooting. Cold Spring has three properties on the National Register of Historic Places: the John Oster House and Ferdinand Peters House, both built in 1907, and the Eugene Hermanutz House, built in 1912. The U.S. Census Bureau says the city has an area of 2.70 square miles (6.99 km²) of land, and 0.03 sq miles (0.08 km²), of which 0.67 sq miles is water. The 2010 census reported the city's population was 4,025, with a population density of 1,507.5 inhabitants per square mile (582.0/km²) Cold Spring is in Wakefield Township geographically but is a separate entity from Wakefield, which has a population of 2,975. The post office has been in operation at Cold Spring since 1857. German-speaking Catholics settled in the area, lured by the Slovenian missionary priest Francis Xavier Pierz, who had submitted letters and advertisements to the major German-language newspapers across the U.S. and in Europe, urging "good, pious" German Catholics to come to the area.

History

Cold Spring is the primary city name, but also Rockville are acceptable city names or spellings. The official name is Cold Spring. Cold Spring was platted in 1856, and named for the many springs near the original town site. The city was thrust in the national spotlight on September 24, 2003, when then 15-year-old Jason McLaughlin shot and killed two classmates in the Rocori High School shooting. Cold Spring has three properties on the National Register of Historic Places: the John Oster House and Ferdinand Peters House, both built in 1907, and the Eugene Hermanutz House, built in 1912. During the grasshopper plagues of the 1870s, Assumption Chapel, also known as the Grasshopper Chapel, was built in petition for relief from the locusts. The Cold Spring area was home to the Ojibwe, Winnebago, and Dakota people. The Sauk River Valley was once known as a "land flowing with milk and honey" and safe from disease and anti-Catholic oppression. It is now home to German-speaking Catholics, lured by the Slovenian missionary priest Francis Xavier Pierz, who had submitted letters and advertisements to the major German-language newspapers across the U.S. and in Europe, urging "good, pious" German Catholics to come to the SauK River Valley. The post office has been in operation at Cold Spring since 1857, and it has three historic buildings on the N.R.N.P.L. list of historic buildings, including the Oster, Peters, and Hermanutz houses. The town is located on the banks of the Sauks River.

Geography

Cold Spring is in Wakefield Township geographically but is a separate entity. The Sauk River bisects Cold Spring from the southwest. The city has an area of 2.70 square miles (6.99 km²) of which 2.67 square miles is land and 0.03square miles (0.08km²) is water. Cold Spring is located in the Upper Peninsula of New York state, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located on the shores of Lake Huron, which is part of the Upper Great Lakes region of the United States. The town of Cold Spring was named after Cold Spring, Michigan, a city in the state's Upper Peninsula that was founded in the 18th century. It has a population of 2,715 (2,716 people) and a population density of 1,071 (1,072 people per square mile) The city is located near the junction of the Sauk and Wabash rivers, which bisect the city from southwest to northeast. It also lies on the banks of the Wabasha River, which runs through the city. The U.N. World Heritage Site is located nearby. The Cold Spring River is a tributary of the Saginaw River. It runs through Cold Spring and is known as the "Cold Spring River" and is a source of water for the city's water supply. It was also the site of the Cold Spring Dam, which was built in the early 1900s.

Demographics

As of the census of 2010, there were 4,025 people, 1,549 households, and 1,049 families living in the city. There were 1,641 housing units at an average density of 614.6 per square mile (237.3/km²) The racial makeup of the city was 94.2% White, 0.2%. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.1%. The median income for a household in theCity was $37,500, and the median income. for a family was $50,268. The per capita income for the citywas $18,308. About 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 3.8% of those under the age of 18 and 6.9%) of those age 65 or over. Ancestry breakdown of residents is German (67.6%), American (5.9%), Swedish (4.0%), Irish (2.4%), Norwegian (1.7%), English (1.2%). The median age in the City was 36.7 years, with 27.7% of residents being under the ages of 18. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.2 males. The city has a population of 2,975, with 48.3% male and 51. 7% female. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.11. It is the only city in the state with more than 1,000 residents.

Economy

Cold Spring Brewing Company was founded in 1874 by German immigrant Michael Sargl. Brynwood Partners, a Connecticut-based private equity firm, bought the company from the Lenore family in August 2017. Cold Spring Bakery was started in 1946 by Melvin and Floss Schurman and produces cakes, donuts, buns, breads, cookies and more. It distributes its goods across Central Minnesota and is still owned and managed by the Schurmen family. Assumption Community School District is based in Cold Spring and has more than 2,000 students. The school district has a budget of more than $1.5 million a year. The district also has a poultry farm and a school district that has about 1,500 students. It is the second largest school district in the state, after St. Louis County, with more than 1,200 students in grades 7-12. It also has an animal shelter that serves more than 100,000 people a year, and an animal care center that serves about 2,500 people. The town's largest employer is Gold'n Plump Poultry, which has about 100 employees. The city's top employer is Coldspring Brewing Company, which produces beer and other beverages. It has roughly 350 employees and has annual sales of over $60 million. It was started by SargL in 1875 and now has a craft beer division called the Third Street Brewhouse. The company was started and became CSBC's craftBeer division in 2012.

Transportation

Minnesota Highway 23 serves as a main route in Cold Spring. Interstate 94, the major highway of the region, is nearby, linking Minneapolis, St. Paul, Fargo, Chicago, and Milwaukee. Cold Spring is also served by County Roads 2 and 50, providing north-south access in and out of the city.Cold Spring's proximity to St. Cloud allows for convenient access to the city's Amtrak and Greyhound stations, as well as the St.Cloud Regional Airport. The city is also home to the Minnesota State Fair, which is one of the state's largest annual events, drawing thousands of visitors each year. The Cold Spring High School football team won the state championship in 2010. The school's football team also won a state title in 2011. The town's baseball team finished second in the state in the 2010 season, with a record-tying score of 7.5 out of a possible 8.5. The high school football team had a winning record in 2010 with a score of 6.0 out of an possible 8 (out of a potential 8). The city's basketball team won two state titles in the 2009 season, the first of which was the 2010 Minnesota State Championship. The 2011 state championship also came in the runner-up category, with the score of 8 out of 10. The 2013 state championship was the first state title for the Cold Spring football team, which had a record of 8.0 points. The 2014 state championship game was the second state title, with an overall score of 9.5 points.

Education

Cold Spring is served by ROCORI Independent School District 750. Local public schools serving Cold Spring include John Clark Elementary, Cold Spring Elementary and Richmond Elementary. There are also three private schools in the district: St. Peter & Paul Elementary (preK-5) in Richmond, St. Boniface Elementary (preK-6) in Cold Spring, and Holy Cross School in Pearl Lake. Great River Regional Library (GRRL) has a Cold Spring branch on Red River Avenue. Cold Spring is home to the U.S. Army National Guard's Cold Spring Army Post, which is located in the heart of Cold Spring. The Cold Spring Police Department is based in the town's downtown area. The U.N. Peace Corps has a training center in the city, which was established in 2009. The Peace Corps is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. that provides training to Peace Corps members. It also has a branch in the nearby town of Rockville, which has a Peace Corps base in the center of the town. The town also has its own version of the Peace Corps, which operates in Rockville and the neighboring town of Richmond. It is the only Peace Corps post in the state of Washington, and it is open to the public. It has a library in the Cold Spring area, as well as in Richmond and Pearl Lake, which are both part of the Greater River Regional Regional Library. The district also has an office in the Rockville section of the city.

Air Quality, Water Quality, Superfund Sites & UV Index

The Air Quality index is in Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota = 86.8. These Air Quality index is based on annual reports from the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The number of ozone alert days is used as an indicator of air quality, as are the amounts of seven pollutants including particulates, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, lead, and volatile organic chemicals. The Water Quality Index is 44. A measure of the quality of an area’s water supply as rated by the EPA. Higher values are better (100=best). The EPA has a complex method of measuring the watershed quality, using 15 indicators such as pollutants, turbidity, sediments, and toxic discharges. The Superfund Sites Index is 92. Higher is better (100=best). Based upon the number and impact of EPA Superfund pollution sites in the county, including spending on the cleanup efforts. The UV Index in Cold Spring = 3.1 and is a measure of an area's exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays. This is most often a combination of sunny weather, altitude, and latitude. The UV Index has been defined by the WHO (www.who.int/news-room/questions-and-answers/item/radiation-the-ultraviolet-(uv)-index) and is uniform worldwide.

Employed

The most recent city population of 4,164 individuals with a median age of 38 age the population grows by 9.42% in Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota population since 2000 and are distributed over a density of 1,485.02 residents per square mile of area (573.30/km²). There are average 2.42 people per household in the 1,298 households with an average household income of $46,978 a year. The unemployment rate in Alabama is 6.50% of the available work force and has dropped -4.34% over the most recent 12-month period and the projected change in job supply over the next decade based on migration patterns, economic growth, and other factors will increase by 24.82%. The number of physicians in Cold Spring per 100,000 population = 273.2.

Weather

The annual rainfall in Cold Spring = 28.7 inches and the annual snowfall = 50.4 inches. The annual number of days with measurable precipitation (over .01 inch) = 104. The average number of days per year that are predominantly sunny = 196. 82 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily high temperature for the month of July and 1.3 degrees Fahrenheit is the average daily low temperature for the month of January. The Comfort Index (higher=better) is 49, where higher values mean a more pleasant climate. The Comfort Index measure recognizes that humidity by itself isn't the problem. (Have you noticed nobody ever complains about the weather being 'cold and humid?) It's in the summertime that we notice the humidity the most, when it's hot and muggy. Our Comfort Index uses a combination of afternoon summer temperature and humidity to closely predict the effect that the humidity will have on people.

Median Home Cost

The percentage of housing units in Cold Spring, Stearns County, Minnesota which are owned by the occupant = 69.66%. A housing unit is a house, apartment, mobile home, or room occupied as separate living quarters. The average age of homes = 29 years with median home cost = $144,740 and home appreciation of -5.60%. This is the value of the years most recent home sales data. Its important to note that this is not the average (or arithmetic mean). The median home price is the middle value when you arrange all the sales prices of homes from lowest to highest. This is a better indicator than the average, because the median is not changed as much by a few unusually high or low values. The property tax rate of $10.33 shown here is the rate per $1,000 of home value. If for simplification for example the tax rate is $14.00 and the home value is $250,000, the property tax would be $14.00 x ($250,000/1000), or $3500. This is the 'effective' tax rate.

Study

The local school district spends $4,972 per student. There are 19.3 students for each teacher in the school, 429 students for each Librarian and 599 students for each Counselor. 3.15% of the area’s population over the age of 25 with an Associate Degree or other 2-year college degree, 8.47% with a master’s degree, Ph.D. or other advanced college degree and 5.97% with high school diplomas or high school equivalency degrees (GEDs).