Ramsey County, Minnesota

Founding: 1849
Parent counties: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Alexander Ramsey, first Minnesota territorial governor
Seat: St. Paul (1849–)

Land area: 152 square miles

Population (2020): 552,352

Population (historic): 2,227 (1850); 23,085 (1870); 139,796 (1890); 223,675 (1910); 286,721 (1930)

Periods of population growth: 1850–1910; 1920s; 1940–1970; 2010s

Subdivisions: 17 cities; one township

National Register listings: 131

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 57,491 (26.1%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 64.1%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 5.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 2.1%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,636
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,911

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 983
Average farm size (1920): 36.8 acres
Sources of settlement: Germany, Sweden, Ireland, New York, Canada, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania
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St. Paul

Namesake: Paul the Apostle

Founding: 1846 (post office); 1854 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 311,527

Population (historic): 1,112 (1850); 20,030 (1870); 133,156 (1890); 214,744 (1910); 271,606 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1850–1910; 1920s; 1990s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 52,993 (42.7%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *Peder Foss House (c. 1896). 321 Silver Lake Road. Mounds View. Queen Anne.
2. *Heman Gibbs Farm (1854/1867/1870). 2097 West Larpenteur Avenue. Rose.
3. *Jacob Hinkel House (1873). 531 Brainerd Avenue. St. Paul. Italianate.
4. *William Davern House (c. 1862/1929). 1173 South Davern Street. St. Paul. Italianate/Greek Revival.
5. *Frederick Spangenberg House (1864–1867). 375 Mount Curve Boulevard. St. Paul.
6. *Solheim / Engebreth Hobe House (1897). 5590 Bald Eagle Boulevard. White Bear. Stick/Second Empire.