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Sauk Centre

American  

noun

  1. a town in central Minnesota: model for town in Sinclair Lewis's novel Main Street.


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She spent several days a week searching before she finally found him Nov. 13 near Sauk Centre.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

His father was a prominent doctor in Sauk Centre, a town of about 2,800 — read all about it in “Main Street.”

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2021

In 1935 O’Connor’s mother was born at the Sauk Centre school to a 15-year-old girl serving a six-year sentence after being impregnated by a 35-year-old man, according to O’Connor’s book.

From Washington Times • Feb. 1, 2020

Ramey J. Olson, 32, was arrested after a two-hour standoff with deputies in Sauk Centre on Sept. 13, 2018.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2019

“I want to go to Sauk Centre and I don’t seem to be getting there.”

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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