North St. Paul

History

North St. Paul was originally called Castle, and under the latter name was laid out in 1887 by Henry Anson Castle when the Wisconsin Central Railroad was extended to that point. North St. Paul boasts the oldest continuously operating bar in Minnesota, Neumann's Bar, in their historic downtown area. The original bar opened for business in 1887, and has continuously operated as an establishment serving alcoholic beverages ever since. Even during Prohibition, they served near beer in the main bar, and opened a speakeasy upstairs. Visitors can still go upstairs and see the keyhole door used to screen entrants, and the old telephone that was connected to the downstairs bar so that messages could be passed back and forth.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Silver Lake and Casey Lake are the city's largest bodies of water and both have large, adjacent parks.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  77,916
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  70,248
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  66,277
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  63,235
• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  61,859
• American Goldfinch

  Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  59,367
• Downy Woodpecker

  Dryobates pubescens (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  54,745
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  53,739