Roseville is a city in
Ramsey County,
Minnesota, just north of
Saint Paul and east of
Minneapolis. It is one of two
Twin Cities suburbs geographically adjacent to both Saint Paul and Minneapolis (the other is
Lauderdale). The land comprising
Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, and the southern area of Roseville was part of Saint Paul until 1948 when these towns incorporated.
Property taxes are some of the lowest in the Twin Cities, in part due to the extensive commercially-zoned land. Several major shopping centers are located in Roseville, including
Rosedale Center and the
Har Mar Mall. The city's per capita retail spending is slightly higher than the city of
Bloomington (home of the
Mall of America), and has the greatest number of restaurants per capita in the Twin Cities.
Roseville is the location of the first
Target store, built in
1962 and replaced in
2005 with a
SuperTarget; the first
Best Buy store (originally called Sound of Music); the first
Barnes & Noble bookstore outside
New York City; and the first
McDonald's restaurant in the state of Minnesota.
Roseville is also home to the
John Rose Oval, North America´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.
Old Dutch Foods, the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the Minnesota Department of Education, and the
Minnesota State Lottery are headquartered in Roseville.
Roseville's population was 33,690 at the
2000 census.
The city is the hometown of
MacGyver and
Stargate SG-1 star
Richard Dean Anderson,
WKRP in Cincinnati star
Loni Anderson (no relation),
Six Feet Under and
Dirty Sexy Money star
Peter Krause. In August 2006, resident
Jim Kramer won the United States
Scrabble Open in
Phoenix to become the
National Scrabble Association (NSA) champion.
History
Roseville's land 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.
Geography
right|thumb|250px|Rosedale Center is a major mall in the Twin CitiesAccording to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 13.8
square miles (35.8
km²), of which, 13.2 square miles (34.3 km²) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.5 km²) of it (4.26%) is water.
The
45th parallel crosses the city; a marker half a block north of the intersection of Cleveland and Roselawn Avenues identifies this location.
Interstate Highway
35W, Minnesota Highways
36,
51 (Snelling Avenue), and
280 are the four main routes through the city.
Demographics
thumb|right|250px|This SuperTarget sits on the site of the first Target store, which opened in 1962 and was torn down and replaced by this much larger store in 2005.thumb|right|250px|The headquarters of Old Dutch Foods is in Roseville.As of the
census of 2000, there were 33,690 people, 14,598 households, and 8,598 families residing in the city. The
population density was 2,543.9 people per square mile (982.5/km²). There were 14,917 housing units at an average density of 1,126.4/sq mi (435.0/km²). 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.
Education
Primary and Secondary
Roseville is served by the
Roseville Area Schools District (ISD 623).
Roseville Elementary Schools include Brimhall Elementary; Central Park Elementary; Emmett D Williams Elementary; Edgerton Elementary; Falcon Heights Elementary; and Parkview (K-8).
Roseville Area Middle School (RAMS) serves grades 7 and 8.
Roseville Area High School (RAHS) serves grades 9 thru 12. Richard Dean Anderson graduated from Ramsey High School, which, along with Kellogg High School, became RAHS.
Roseville is home to
Concordia Academy, a private high school affiliated with the
Lutheran church, and
St Rose of Lima, a private (pre-K through 8)
Catholic school.
Higher Education
Things to do
Library
- Roseville Library (Hamline and County Road B). This location is the largest suburban location, and has over 300,000 volumes in its collection. This is nearly three times that of any other branch in Ramsey County . Only the downtown Saint Paul library, with around 400,000 volumes, has more materials.
Parks and Lakes
Recreation
- Al's Billiards (Larpenteur and Hamline Avenues)
- Cedarholm Golf Course (County Road B2 and Hamline Avenue)
- Movie Theater (AMC Rosedale 14)
