A town of 14,056, settled in 1854. Home to 22 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
The 3 things New Ulm does most differently from other towns.
1870 · Bird's eye view of New Ulm, Brown Count…6 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 22 places on the National Register.
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Bird's eye view of New Ulm, Brown County, Minnesota 1870
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Ordered by what stands out in New Ulm. Another town gets a different order.
56% of New Ulm’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Sleepy Eye (3%), Home (2%) and Hutchinson (2%). Half commute less than 2 miles.
15 miles of trails across 22 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Flandrau State Park | 7.8 mi | 514 |
| 2. Nehls Park & Disc Golf Course | 0.5 mi | 12 |
| 3. Riverside Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
New Ulm beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5.
| What stands out | New Ulm | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.1% | 5.9% |
| More adults who have had a stroke | 3.6% | 3.1% |
The typical New Ulm home is worth about $255,000, up 6.9% in a year, 27% below the Minnesota typical home.
The public schools New Ulm’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 75% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Elementary | 1–4 | 643 | B− |
| Washington Learning Center | PK–K | 180 | Not graded |
| St. Paul's Lutheran School Private | PK–8 | 358 | |
| St. Anthony Elementary Private | PK–6 | 232 | |
| New Ulm Middle School | 5–8 | 617 | B |
| New Ulm High School | 9–12 | 687 | A |
New Ulm reports less crime per resident than 78% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
New Ulm has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 6°, and about 38 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
10.8% of the town is conserved land, across 22 parks and preserves.
22 places in New Ulm on the National Register of Historic Places.
33 notable people were born in New Ulm.
City in Minnesota, United States
New Ulm ( NEW ULM) is a city and the county seat of Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,120 at the 2020 census. New Ulm is on the triangle of land formed by the confluence of the Minnesota River and the Cottonwood River. New Ulm is home to the Hermann Heights Monument, Flandrau State Park, the historic August Schell Brewing Company, and the Minnesota Music Hall of Fame. The city is known for its German heritage and its historical sites and landmarks dating to the US-Dakota War of 1862. New Ulm is the episcopal see of the Diocese of New Ulm and home to the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus. The Dakota called New Ulm the "Village on the Cottonwood" or Wachupata.
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4 towns share a border with New Ulm.
