Roseville, Minnesota

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 and Dairy Queen restaurants in the state of Minnesota. The Dairy Queen is currently on the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota's 10 Most Endangered Historic Places.

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. Roseville Visitors Association the Official Visitors Site for Roseville MN, 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 33,660 at the 2010 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. The First Roseville Police Chief was Ray Goneau and he held that position until 1977, when he retired in fashion with an all out gala retirement party at Paul's Place which was attended by hundreds.

Geography
According 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. (Specifically it is at the northest corner of Cleveland and Loren Road.)

Interstate Highway 35W, Minnesota Highways 36, 51 (Snelling Avenue), and 280 are the four main routes through the city.

Demographics


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 per square mile (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. (These figures had risen to $51,617 and $81,300, respectively, as of 2008. ) 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.

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; Little Canada Elementary; and Parkview Center School (K-8).

Roseville Area Middle School (RAMS) serves grades 7 and 8. Roseville Area High School (RAHS) serves grades 9 through 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

 * Minneapolis Business College
 * National American University
 * Northwestern College

Library

 * Roseville Library (Hamline and County Road B) is the busiest library in Minnesota. It is the largest location in the Ramsey County Library, with over 340,000 volumes in its collection. This is nearly three times that of any other branch in the county. Only the downtown Saint Paul library, with around 400,000 volumes, has more materials.

Recreation

 * Cedarholm Golf Course (County Road B2 and Hamline Avenue)
 * Guidant John Rose Minnesota Oval (County Road C between Hamline and Lexington Avenues)
 * Movie Theater (AMC Rosedale 14)
 * Bennett Lake