Talk:St. Anthony, Hennepin County, Minnesota

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This article should be called "St. Anthony, Minnesota" (or "Saint Anthony, Minnesota", not "Saint Anthony Village, Minneota". Take a look at the cities own website -- it's clearly called "The City of St. Anthony", not "The City of St. Anthony Village". --Rehcsif 20:13, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Allow me to clarify the above comment - In 1945, the last remaining portion of St Anthony township (Hennepin County) was incorporated, it was known as the village of St. Anthony. At that time, small incorporated entities were known as "villages" and larger entities were known ac "cities". Many years `later, the minnesota egislature did away withe the term "village". Some nostalgic residents liked the old term and the city had its legal name changed to the city of "St. Anthony Village".

By the way, Apache was the second enclosed mall in the twin cities, not in the world. Southdale, often called the oldest mall, was built in 1956, not 1961. The "oldest enclosed mall" title is problematic anyway as smaller enclosed malls, including Appleton, WI, preceded Southdale. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DWMelcher (talk • contribs)

Do you have a cite for any of this (the St. Anthony related stuff)? Everything on their website referrs simply to "St. Anthony" or "The City of St. Anthony". --Rehcsif 17:36, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

No, I don't have reference. I'll retract my comment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DWMelcher (talk • contribs)

No need to retract on a talk page! This is where we discuss stuff like this in the hopes of improving the main article. If you can find a cite for your statement above (which I restored), it would make great information for the article. If for whatever reason it isn't true, then we should rename the article, as I mentioned above. No offense meant -- just trying to get to the bottom of this! (As an aside, make sure you sign your comments on talk pages using four tilde's: ~~~~, or just click the signature button in the edit window. Thanks!) --Rehcsif 03:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your note. From the below link to the Minnesota statutes, it appears that the city did not actually change its name to "St. Anthony Village" but was permitted to use that term at its discretion. DWMelcher 17:35, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/413/02.html

Does anyone know how to trigger the coordinate bot to post the city coordinates here? matt91486 23:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)