Welcome to Saint Anna ...

Saint Anna is located in Stearns County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Saint Anna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

A typical abbreviation for Saint Anna: St. Anna

Saint Anna is 1,190 feet [363 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Saint Anna lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Saint Anna: 320

Communities Also Named Saint Anna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Saint Anna - it's located in Wisconsin.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Saint Anna.

Communities near Saint Anna ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Saint Anna.

• Saint Cloud
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Cloud
  • Saint Cloud is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 68,510 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Cloud <3>
• Sartell
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sartell have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sartell
  • Sartell is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,079 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sartell <3>
• Sauk Rapids
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sauk Rapids
  • Sauk Rapids is located in Benton County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,330 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Sauk Rapids <3>
• Waite Park
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waite Park
  • Waite Park is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,796 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Waite Park <3>
• Saint Joseph
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Joseph
  • Saint Joseph is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,763 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Joseph <3>
• Cold Spring
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cold Spring have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Spring
  • Cold Spring is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 4,350 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cold Spring <3>
• Saint Augusta
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Saint Augusta. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<5>
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augusta
  • Saint Augusta is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,900 people
• Melrose
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melrose
  • Melrose is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,672 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Melrose <3>
• Albany
  (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
  • Albany is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,792 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Albany <3>
• Rockville
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rockville have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rockville
  • Rockville is located in Stearns County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,599 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rockville <3>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Saint Anna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Saint Anna.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Saint Anna. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Saint Anna.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Saint Anna. See our Newspapers Page for Saint Anna.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Saint Anna ...

Looking for more information about Saint Anna? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Saint Anna, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Saint Anna.

Adding Saint Anna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Saint Anna in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Saint Anna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Saint Anna post office opened in 1884.

We also found Saint Anna in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Saint Anna.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Saint Anna. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Stearns County: www.co.stearns.mn.us/

The official website for State of Minnesota: https://mn.gov/