Collegeville Township is a township in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,344 at the 2020 census.

History

Collegeville Township was organized by European Americans in 1880, and named after Saint John's College.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (9.83%) is water.

Collegeville Township is located in Township 124 North of the Arkansas Base Line and Range 30 West of the 5th Principal Meridian.

Demographics

As of the census

  • Saint John's University
  • Saint John's Abbey

Education

The township is home to Saint John's Abbey and Saint John's University, a Roman Catholic all-male university.

Infrastructure

Transportation

Main routes in the community include Stearns County Roads 50, 51, 159 and 160.

==Notable people==<!--consensus reached to standardize this heading per WP:WikiProject Cities/US Guideline -->

  • Fr. Celestine Kapsner, OSB, Catholic priest and exorcist
  • J. F. Powers, National Book Award for Fiction-winning novelist
  • Marcel Breuer, a famous architect from New York, here to design the new Saint John's Abbey and University Church.

References

  • City-Data.com