Collegeville is an unincorporated community in St. Wendel Township, Stearns County, Minnesota, United States, near St. Joseph. The community is located near the junction of Collegeville Road and Old Collegeville Road. Nearby is Saint John's Abbey, a large Benedictine monastery.[citation needed]
Collegeville | |
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  Collegeville Location of the community of Collegeville within St. Wendel Township, Stearns County  Collegeville Collegeville (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 45°35′40″N 94°21′47″W / 45.86344°N 94.36306°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Stearns |
| Township | St. Wendel Township |
| Elevation | 1,096 ft (334 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-6 (Central (CST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
| ZIP Codes | 56321 and 56374 |
| Area code | 320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 641398[1] |
History
editThe community was named for Saint John's University.[2]
St. John's Indian Industrial School was a Native American residential school that operated in Collegeville from 1885 to 1896 that was run by Saint John's University.[3][4] In 1888, Native residential school students made up 47 percent of the student population of Saint John's.[4]
The disappearance of Joshua Guimond, a student at Saint John's University, happened on campus in 2002.[5]
Geography
editCollegeville is located within section 32 of St. Wendel Township. Collegeville Township lies to the southwest.
Climate
edit| Climate data for Saint John's University (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 56 (13) |
60 (16) |
81 (27) |
95 (35) |
103 (39) |
102 (39) |
106 (41) |
100 (38) |
103 (39) |
89 (32) |
78 (26) |
61 (16) |
106 (41) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 20.8 (−6.2) |
26.1 (−3.3) |
38.7 (3.7) |
54.1 (12.3) |
67.3 (19.6) |
76.6 (24.8) |
80.9 (27.2) |
78.4 (25.8) |
70.5 (21.4) |
55.8 (13.2) |
38.9 (3.8) |
25.7 (−3.5) |
52.8 (11.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 12.3 (−10.9) |
17.0 (−8.3) |
29.5 (−1.4) |
43.6 (6.4) |
56.6 (13.7) |
66.3 (19.1) |
70.9 (21.6) |
68.6 (20.3) |
60.6 (15.9) |
46.8 (8.2) |
31.5 (−0.3) |
18.3 (−7.6) |
43.5 (6.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 3.8 (−15.7) |
7.8 (−13.4) |
20.2 (−6.6) |
33.1 (0.6) |
46.0 (7.8) |
55.9 (13.3) |
60.8 (16.0) |
58.8 (14.9) |
50.7 (10.4) |
37.9 (3.3) |
24.1 (−4.4) |
10.9 (−11.7) |
34.2 (1.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −39 (−39) |
−37 (−38) |
−30 (−34) |
2 (−17) |
19 (−7) |
33 (1) |
40 (4) |
39 (4) |
23 (−5) |
7 (−14) |
−19 (−28) |
−35 (−37) |
−39 (−39) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.82 (21) |
0.89 (23) |
1.72 (44) |
2.72 (69) |
3.96 (101) |
4.60 (117) |
3.90 (99) |
4.09 (104) |
2.96 (75) |
2.75 (70) |
1.63 (41) |
1.00 (25) |
31.04 (788) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 11.2 (28) |
10.2 (26) |
10.1 (26) |
6.6 (17) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.7 (1.8) |
8.0 (20) |
10.5 (27) |
57.4 (146) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6.8 | 6.1 | 7.7 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 9.7 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 6.7 | 7.2 | 103.3 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 7.2 | 6.0 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 32.2 |
| Source: NOAA[6][7] | |||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Collegeville, Minnesota". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Upham, Warren (1920). Minnesota Geographic Names: Their Origin and Historic Significance. Minnesota Historical Society. p. 523.
- ^ "Land Acknowledgement". College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ a b "Interactive Digital Map of Indian Boarding Schools". The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "15 Years Later, Josh Guimond's Disappearance Still Unsolved - CBS Minnesota". www.cbsnews.com. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
- ^ "NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved March 23, 2024.