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New Prague, MN - History
We would like to provide the residents of New Prague a basic history overview.
Welcome to the New Prague Home page. The New Prague Home page provides as much information as possible on New Prague. Knowing New Prague’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within New Prague’s Home page, you will also find New Prague’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
New Prague has a population of 8022. 51.4% of New Prague’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.6 are female. 55.8% of New Prague is married and 80.2% own their own home. The Average Home price is $264,453, and the average rent is $902. Household median income in New Prague is $81,837, and the individual median income is $41,946. New Prague’s Ethnic is the following: White(92.7%), Hispanic(3.4%), Multiple(3.1%), Asian(2.5%), Native(1%), Other(0.6%).
New Prague's early development was not spectacular for a variety of reasons. First, during the Civil War years, 1861–1865, European immigration almost stopped as European immigrants were naturally wary of the American Civil War. Second, located in the middle of the Big Woods, the enormous challenge of clearing fields proceeded at a slow pace. The town was known as Praha from 1872 to 1879.
On March 1, 1877, state of Minnesota approved the incorporation of Praha as a village. In 1879 the name was changed to Prague. One of the most important developments in the new village occurred in 1877 when the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway (M & St. L) reached New Prague. The arrival of the railroad era expedited agriculture as New Prague's most important industry.
A link with the outside world enabled farmers to send their commodities to markets and created a conduit to bring inventory to the village's businesses. Just four years after the M & St. L reached New Prague, the first grain elevator and flour mill were completed, marking the beginning of New Prague earning its nickname, the “Flour City.” Czech immigration to the United States reached its peak during the 1880s with 62,000 coming to the United States during this decade.
Along with Montgomery, which is approximately eight miles south of New Prague, New Prague was becoming the center of “The Bohemian Triangle” of Minnesota covering parts of Scott, Le Sueur and Rice counties, which are neighboring counties. Through the decades since 1856, Le Sueur County has had more Bohemians than any other county in the state. Construction was booming in the 1880s.
The town's first bank opened in 1883, the Czech-Slovak Protective Society (C. S. P. S.) Opera Hall was built, the New Prague Foundry started business, the second public school was built, and two hotels were constructed. The village's name was changed from Prague to New Prague on February 25, 1884. The 1890s were probably New Prague's heyday decade.
The town was becoming a major market for farm produce and was providing goods and services for growing numbers of farmers and villagers for miles around. Streets were being graded and wooden sidewalks built along the streets. New Prague was incorporated as a city on April 4, 1891. New Prague Flouring Milling Company completed its mill in 1895.
Electric lights were installed in the city in 1895, and telephone lines were installed in 1898. Similar to the rest of the state, the 1880s and 1890s were two decades with the greatest growth in population. New Prague's population more than tripled during that 20-year period going from 384 residents to 1228, while the state's population more than doubled during that same period. Original businesses outgrew their original log and wood-frame storefronts.
A large commercial district filled with solid brick, stone, and wood-frame commercial structures developed along Main Street.New Prague had one of the largest earthquakes in Minnesota history. On December 11th, 1860, there was a 4.7 magnitude earthquake with a Mercalli intensity of VI.
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