Falcon Heights, Minnesota
| Falcon Heights, Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| City | |
| Motto: "Families, Fields and Fair" | |
 Location of the city of Falcon Heights within Ramsey County, Minnesota |
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.png) Falcon Heights on The National Map |
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| Coordinates: 44°59′17″N 93°10′28″W / 44.98806°N 93.17444°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Ramsey |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.24 sq mi (5.80 km2) |
| • Land | 2.23 sq mi (5.78 km2) |
| • Water | 0.01 sq mi (0.03 km2) |
| Elevation | 955 ft (291 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 5,321 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 5,443 |
| • Density | 2,386.1/sq mi (921.3/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP codes | 55108, 55113 |
| Area code(s) |
651 612 (U of M campus only) |
| FIPS code | 27-20420 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0643548 |
| Website | www.ci.falcon-heights.mn.us |
Falcon Heights is a suburb of Saint Paul and a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,321 at the 2010 census. It became a village in 1949 and a city in 1973.
Falcon Heights is the home of the University of Minnesota's St. Paul Campus and Les Bolstad Golf Course, the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, and the Gibbs Museum of Pioneer and Dakotah Life. Its University Grove neighborhood is known for its modern architecture.
Heman Gibbs settled in the 1850s near the modern intersection of Cleveland and Larpenteur Avenues. His homestead is on the National Register of Historic Places and his home is a county museum.
On September 2, 1901, then-Vice President Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the African proverb "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, which was still a part of St. Paul at the time. Roosevelt became president just two weeks later, upon the assassination of William McKinley, and built the phrase into his concept of Big Stick Diplomacy.
In the 1930s, a real estate agent named Faulkner developed land owned by a 3M executive and named this development—Falcon Heights—after himself. The first house arose in 1937. In the 1940s, Curtiss Field was an airport near the intersection of Snelling and Larpenteur. This land is now a city park named Curtiss Field.
In 1949 residents rejected annexation by Roseville or St. Paul, and voted to incorporate themselves. The expanded Falcon Heights included the University of Minnesota Golf Course and Test Fields as well as the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Two-thirds of Falcon Heights is public land, chiefly the university and state fair.
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