St. Marys is a city in Elk County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 14,502 at the 2000 census. St. Marys, originally a small, Bavarian Catholic town, is home to Straub Brewery and the first Benedictine convent in the United States. It was founded in December 8, 1842. Its downtown is currently under construction to make way for a Sheetz convenience store. Its retail corridor is also experiencing growth with the addition of Rite-Aid and several buildings around the newly built Wal-Mart Supercenter. They are also building a parking garage downtown. St. Marys currently has three Roman Catholic parishes, St. Marys, Sacred Heart, and Queen of the World. St. Marys Parish, the so called German church and Sacred Heart Parish, the so called Irish church, are staffed by Benedictine monks from St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, PA. Queen of the World Parish, built during the baby boom, is staffed by priests from the Diocese of Erie. St. Marys is home to Windfall Products, SGL Group - The Carbon Company, C/G Electrodes, Morgan AM&T, Metaldyne, Keystone Powdered Metal, OSRAM Sylvania, St. Marys Carbon, Straub Brewery, Center Carbon, Abbott Furnace Co., Alpha Sintered Metals, Elco Sintered, Eastern Sintered, J & S Grinding Co., Buehler Lumber Company, Intech Metals, Inc., and GKN. St. Marys apartments for rent comparison page shows most up to date rent information on St. Marys apartments and houses. Rent information is obtained from multiple rental sources but we cannot guarantee their accuracy.