St. Charles’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of St. Charles. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗St. Charles was laid out in 1854, and named for Saint Charles Borromeo (1538–1584), an Italian saint and cardinal. A post office has been in operation at St. Charles since 1855. St. Charles was incorporated in 1870.
The city was evacuated on April 17, 2009, when a large fire at North Star Foods, a poultry processing plant, threatened anhydrous ammonia tanks. Residents were allowed to return the next day.
Three properties in St. Charles are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the 1874 Trinity Episcopal Church, the 1876 St. Charles City Bakery, and the 1890s Whitewater Avenue Commercial Historic District.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart St. Charles’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how St. Charles’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old view1910postcardHighSchoolStCharlesMN, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from St. Charles
See all 5 →St. Charles, decade by decade
1990s
3 historic places in St. Charles
3 places in St. Charles are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as 1910postcardHighSchoolStCharlesMN (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.