
This is a complete list of National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in
Ramsey County,
Minnesota
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, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
There are 129 properties in the county listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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including three
National Historic Landmarks
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. A supplementary list includes five additional sites that were formerly listed on the National Register.
History
Ramsey County is a
county
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located in the southeastern part of the
U.S. state
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of
Minnesota
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, bounded in some places by the
Mississippi River
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, by
Hennepin County
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,
Anoka County
Anoka County ( ) is the fourth-most populous county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, its population was 363,887. The county seat and namesake of the county is the city of Anoka, which is derived from the Dakota word , ...
,
Washington County, and
Dakota County. All of the county seat,
Saint Paul
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, is in the county, including Saint Paul's "
West Side
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Places Canada
* West Side, a neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario
* West Side, a neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia
United Kingdom
* West Side, Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
* Westside, Birmingham ...
" neighborhood, which is south of the Mississippi River.
The county's historic places include houses, places of worship, commerce, and education, and community centers and infrastructure. Several districts encompass several structures of related historic significance. Some of the oldest structures in the state are in Ramsey County, representing the earliest of non-indigenous residents in the state. As the northernmost natural port on the
Upper Mississippi River
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, Saint Paul grew, handling both river and rail freight and passenger traffic. Even as Minneapolis (in Hennepin County) eventually surpassed Saint Paul in the volume of commerce, Saint Paul remained relevant as the state capital and associated government services and employment kept the county growing. Several of the sites are specifically related to the various first-generation immigrant populations that made Ramsey County their new home in the United States, especially
Germans
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,
Czechs
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,
Scandinavians
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, and
Austro-Hungarians
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, which together comprised the majority of residents in the first century of the county's history.
Current listings
Former listings
See also
*
List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota
This is a complete List of National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota. The United States National Historic Landmark program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service, and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar reso ...
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota
This is a list of sites in Minnesota which are included in the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,700 properties and historic districts listed on the NRHP; each of Minnesota's 87 counties has at least 2 listings. Twent ...
References
External links
Minnesota National Register Properties Database—Minnesota Historical Society
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Ramsey
Ramsey may refer to:
Companies
*Ramsey (retailer), Turkish clothing retailer People
* Ramsey (given name), including a list of people with the given name
* Ramsey (surname), including a list of people with the surname
* Baron de Ramsey, a title i ...
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