Stillwater, Minnesota. Welcome to Stillwater, Minnesota, a
dynamic, growing community of 16,000 residents nestled into the
bluffs of the St. Croix River, one of America's protected Wild and
Scenic Waterways. Located just 20 miles east of downtown St. Paul,
our family-oriented community offers the advantages and conveniences
of living near the Twin Cities metropolitan area plus the
peacefulness and safety of small town Minnesota. Excellent schools
and a wide variety of recreational opportunities add to the high
quality of life here in the St. Croix Valley.
As part of the seven-county metropolitan
area, Stillwater offers a harmonious atmosphere of planned
development and managed growth, coupled with more than one hundred
years of rich history that has placed the City of Stillwater itself
on the National Registry of Historic Places. The site of the state's
territorial convention in 1848, Stillwater was a thriving logging
town into the late 1800's. Stillwater takes pride in preserving the
past. As you explore Stillwater you will notice parts of the first
territorial prison in Minnesota, including the warden's home,
antique shops in the Isaac Staples Mill, shops, taverns, offices,
restaurants along Main Street that once was a rooming house,
railroad building, saloon, brewery, or a theater.
STILLWATER NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION