Sauk Centre

Sauk Centre is the name of the two following places, both of which are found in the United States of America:

  • Sauk Centre, Minnesota
  • Sauk Centre Township, Stearns County, Minnesota

  • Sauk Centre, Minnesota

    Sauk Centre is a city in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2010 census. It is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, and Sauk Centre served as the inspiration for Gopher Prairie, the fictional setting of Lewis's 1920 novel Main Street.

    Sauk Centre is part of the St. Cloud Metropolitan Statistical Area.

    Geography

    According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.25 square miles (11.01 km2); 3.99 square miles (10.33 km2) is land and 0.26 square miles (0.67 km2) is water.

    Sauk Centre is located along Interstate 94, U.S. Highway 71, and Minnesota State Highway 28. It is approximately 100 miles northwest of the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area.

    The city is considered to be in the middle of the state. Sauk Lake and Sauk River are the most notable water features of the area.

    Demographics

    2010 census

    As of the census of 2010, there were 4,317 people, 1,851 households, and 1,174 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,082.0 inhabitants per square mile (417.8/km2). There were 1,994 housing units at an average density of 499.7 per square mile (192.9/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 95.6% White, 0.8% African American, 0.1% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 2.2% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.4% of the population.

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    Photos and video: Annual Motorhead Madness cruises into Duluth

    Duluth News Tribune 23 Mar 2025
    It still sparkles ... For members of the Pittelko family, it was a day of motors and music as Sean Pittelko traveled from Sauk Centre to see his son Luke, a University of Minnesota Duluth student, for a super Saturday ... to 5 p.m ... Smiles are just fine ... .

    CO Reports: Through-the-ice rescues expose need for extra caution

    Brainerd Dispatch 18 Mar 2025
    District 4 - Walker area. CO (Conservation Officer) Nick Baum (Park Rapids) patrolled the local area for ice angling and snowmobile activity ... ADVERTISEMENT ... ADVERTISEMENT ... CO Caleb Silgjord (Sauk Centre) attended Division training throughout the week ... .

    Girls basketball tournament: West Central Area wins Class A title

    Pioneer Press 16 Mar 2025
    By Michael Lyne / West Central Tribune ... win a state title ... WCA’s six losses came against Sauk Centre and Minnewaska twice each, along with New London-Spicer and Breckenridge. Sauk Centre and Minnewaska both played in the Class AA state tournament ... .

    Albany seeded No. 1 in state basketball tourney after winning section championship by 40

    SC Times 16 Mar 2025
    SAINT CLOUDAlbany will play Pelican Rapids in the first round of the Minnesota state basketball tournament. The Huskies (29-0) are seeded No ... They will play at 6 p.m ... 6 Montevideo (25-4) ... 15 ... The Sting beat No ... 3 Sauk Centre (19-10) in the semifinals.

    Caledonia ends season with impressive win in fifth-place game

    Post Bulletin 15 Mar 2025
    4 seed Sauk Centre in the Class 2A girls basketball tournament fifth-place game at Gangelhoff Center ... Sauk Centre 37-22.

    Albany boys basketball eliminates Holdingford, plays Spectrum in section championship

    SC Times 14 Mar 2025
    The Huskies (28-0) will play the Spectrum Sting (22-7), who upset Mora (26-2) and Sauk Centre (19-10) on the way to the championship at 6 p.m ... Spectrum then beat Sauk Centre 63-54 ... Sauk Centre on Jan.

    Caledonia sharp in girls state consolation semifinal game

    Post Bulletin 14 Mar 2025
    ST. PAUL — No. 6 seed Caledonia got a game-high 27 points from Josie Foster and beat No ... 4 seed Sauk Centre for fifth place at 2 p.m. Friday at Gangelhoff Center. .

    Sauk Centre teen driver airlifted to Twin Cities hospital after Getty Township crash

    SC Times 11 Mar 2025
    Several other departments also responded to the accident, with assistance from the Sauk Centre Police Department, Sauk Centre Ambulance, Melrose Fire, Life Link Helicopter and Minnesota State Patrol.

    Girls Basketball: No. 2-seed Rangers match with Barnesville in state quarterfinals

    Brainerd Dispatch 11 Mar 2025
    ADVERTISEMENT ... It was business as usual on the bus.”. The Rangers earned the No ... 13. The Trojans also beat fourth-seeded Sauk Centre 67-64 Feb. 4 ... They beat Sauk Centre and Minnewaska, so we know they are going to be a tough out.” ... 4 Sauk Centre 8 p.m.; No.

    CO Reports: Northerns taken out of season, left to waste

    Brainerd Dispatch 11 Mar 2025
    District 4 - Walker area. CO (Conservation Officer) Corey Sura (Remer) checked late-ice panfish anglers ... ADVERTISEMENT ... Baum found varying success around the area ... CO Caleb Silgjord (Sauk Centre) spent time during the week at division armorer training ... .

    Check out the 2025 Minnesota girls high school state basketball tournament brackets

    Pioneer Press 10 Mar 2025
    All semifinals and finals will be played at Williams Arena, with quarterfinal matchups split between Williams Arena and the adjoining Maturi Pavilion ... Quarterfinal action can be streamed on nspn.tv/MSHSL/ ... CLASS 4A ... No. 1 Maple Grove vs ... 4 Sauk Centre vs.

    State girls basketball playoff pairings

    Post Bulletin 09 Mar 2025
    CLASS 1A. QUARTERFINALS. Thursday, March 13. • At Maturi Pavilion. No. 1 Goodhue vs. No. 8 Walker-Hackensack-Ekeley, 11 a.m. No. 4 West Central Area vs. No ... No ... 4 Sauk Centre vs ... Sauk Centre/Minnewaska Area winner, 6 p.m ... Sauk Centre/Minnewaska Area loser, 6 p.m ... .

    Royalton state girls basketball hopes dashed with first loss of year in section semifinal

    SC Times 08 Mar 2025
    ST. JOSEPH — The Royalton girls basketball team’s first loss of the season was its last ... The Wolves (22-6) then lost to Sauk Centre (27-2) in the section championship Friday evening at St. Cloud State’s Halenbeck Hall ... Alise got a good attempt on it ...

    Royalton is last central Minnesota girls basketball team playing in section tournaments

    SC Times 04 Mar 2025
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