The city of Saint Peter, Minnesota is about ten miles north of the Mankato-North Mankato metropolitan region.
Saint Peter nearly abuts Kasota to the south, while Traverse Township and the unincorporated community of Traverse is west of the city, and Ottawa Township and the community of Ottawa is to the north.
Saint Peter is in eastern Nicollet County, for which it serves as the county seat.
The main routes through the city are US Highway 169 and Minnesota State Highways 22 and 99.
In 1851, the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux was signed one mile north of Saint Peter, opening the area to white settlement.
Saint Peter was founded by Captain William Bigelow Dodd, who owned 150 acres there, in 1853. Originally, the settlement was known as Rock Bend, for a rock formation at the bend of the Minnesota River. In 1854, a village site was platted, and the Saint Peter Company was formed by a group of Saint Paul land speculators, at which time the settlement became known as Saint Peter. The president of the Saint Peter Company was Willis A. Gorman, the Territorial Governor.
Saint Peter, about seventy miles southwest of the Twin Cities, was strongly considered as the site for the Territorial capital in 1857. A bill mandating the relocation of the state capital was passed by the Legislature and needed only the governor's signature, who stood to gain financially from the move. However, Joseph Rolette, the chair of the Territorial Council's Enrolled Bills Committee, absconded with the actual bill and hid out in a Twin Cities hotel until the legislative session had come to an end. The governor did sign the bill, and it was recorded in the Minnesota Laws for 1857, but the courts ruled it invalid. In the next session, the Legislature was unable to pass a similar bill. When Minnesota became a state in 1858, Saint Paul remained the capital.
Saint Peter was incorporated as a city in 1873.
A Minnesotan described his experience in a Saint Peter school in the early 1870s, writing that the entire school was in the attic of an eight-room building, the grammar school on one side, the high school on the other.
In 1866, the Legislature opened the first Minnesota Asylum for the Insane in Saint Peter. It later became the Saint Peter State Hospital and is now the Saint Peter Regional Treatment Center. Gustavus Adolphus College, a liberal arts college now affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, moved from East Union to Saint Peter in 1876.
Saint Peter was the home of five Minnesota governors. Willis Arnold Gorman was governor of the Minnesota Territory from 1853 to 1857, and Minnesota state governors, Henry Adoniram Swift, Horace Austin, Andrew Ryan McGill, and John Albert Johnson, were residents of Saint Peter.
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Specializing in Chinese cuisine, the restaurant is located on South Minnesota Avenue in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Offering dine-in and take-out services, directions are posted, and its lunch special menu and schedules, and its lunch express menus are displayed, with prices and special offers. A gallery of photographs displays several of its restaurant items. Directions, business hours, and discount coupons are included.
http://www.chinatownsaintpeter.com/
Saturday and Sunday mass schedules, and a calendar of events are posted, along with directions to the church in Saint Peter, Minnesota. Policies, forms, and contacts relating to baptisms, marriages, and the anointing of the sick are featured, along with confirmation schedules and requirements, youth and adult faith formation programs, prayer ministries, faith sharing groups, organizations, and committees.
http://churchofstpeter.org/
Incorporated in 1873, Saint Peter is about ten miles north of Mankato. The official municipal website offers a profile and brief history of the city, with a schedule of events, news and announcements, maps, and a guide to city departments and services. Administrative contacts, office hours, and online registration for recreational activities are available. Utility services and municipal bills may be paid online.
http://www.saintpetermn.gov/
Founded in 1862, the private, co-educational, residential liberal arts college is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Its distinctions, student life programs, campus facilities, athletics, and fine arts programs are highlighted, along with information on its retention rates, tuition and expenses, and its academic calendar. Enrollment policies, admission statistics, and financial assistance options are included.
https://gustavus.edu/
Established in 1895, William Konsbruck renovated a building he had purchased from Henry Hildebrandt. Although he sold the building in 1901, he repurchased it in 1916, running it until his death in 1927. Although it closed again in 1930, the historic Saint Peter building again serves as a hotel. Each named for a Minnesota governor, its rooms are shown in pictures and may be reserved through the site. A gallery of photos is available.
https://www.konsbruckhotel.com/
Minnesota School Boards Association
Headquartered in Saint Peter, Minnesota, the MSBA is the Minnesota chapter of the National School Boards Association, a government sector lobbying association. Member benefits, standards for leadership, and information on becoming a board member are put forth, along with the MSBA board of directors and staff, a calendar of events, event registration, service manual and a policy reference manual.
http://www.mnmsba.org/
Nicollet County Historical Society
NCHS was established in 1928 and was headquartered in several places before moving to its current location at Traverse des Sioux Park, where it established the Treaty Site History Center north of Saint Peter, Minnesota. Its history, membership policies, dues, and highlights of its Center and other historical sites are given, as well as its research programs, a calendar of events, and hours of operation.
https://www.nchsmn.org/
Saint Peter Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber is a volunteer membership organization made up of businesses and professional people from the Saint Peter, Minnesota region. Its site features promotional videos, a photo gallery, calendar of events, visitor information, and a guide to local businesses and services, attractions, and highway projects. Links to Saint Peter schools, colleges, media, and organizations are included.
http://www.stpeterchamber.com/
Headquartered in Saint Peter, Minnesota, Independent School District #508 covers a hundred and twenty square miles that include parts of two counties, Nicollet and Le Suer, the cities of Saint Peter and Kasota, and the townships of Lake Prairie, Oshawa, Traverse, New Sweden, Kasota, Washington, and Cleveland. A district map, school calendars, enrollment information, and employment openings are put forth.
https://www.stpeterschools.org/
