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Section 2 2-44 Ramsey County Multijurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan | July 2012 St. Paul St. Paul was originally a trading and transportation center, rising to prominence when it was named the Minnesota Territory capital in 1849. It is still the state capital of Minnesota and the second most populous city in the state. St. Paul is on the east bank of the Mississippi River and is adjacent to the state’s largest city, Minneapolis. The city’s population at the 2010 census was 285,068 people, part of the 3.3 million residents that make up the Twin Cities area. It is Ramsey County’s largest city by population and by area (56.2 square miles). In addition to being the state capital, it is also the county seat of Ramsey County. Its outstanding physical characteristic is the convergence of the Mississippi River and Minnesota Rivers, whose ports carry a large portion of the entire state’s gross domestic product. Vadnais Heights Vadnais Heights has a total area of 8.3 square miles and a population of 12,302. The City of Vadnais Heights has grown from a small, agricultural area to a thriving suburban community of the Twin Cities since its incorporation in 1957. Vadnais Lake is located in the City of Vadnais Heights and is an important scenic and natural area that has remained undeveloped. White Bear Lake White Bear Lake has long been a community that inspires. In 1874, Mark Twain included the City of White Bear Lake as the resort in “Life on the Mississippi” and it is rumored that it was the object of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Winter Dreams. The City of White Bear Lake started out as a small agricultural community, but experienced substantial growth between 1950 and 1970, when the population increased 252.4 percent. There are currently. 23,797 people that live in the City, and it has a total area of 8.7 square miles. White Bear Township White Bear Township is the only Township in Ramsey County. It was established in 1858 and since then has decreased in size as the cities of White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, and North Oaks were carved out of the original 36 square miles. It is now only 9.3 square miles and has a population of 10,949 people. Regional parks and open spaces dominate the land of White Bear Township, as do wetlands, floodplains, and upland pools. In more than 150 years, the Township has transcended from a farming community, a resort area, and a freestanding town into a cluster of suburban communities within the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area.