Ashby, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Grant County |
| Coordinates : | 46 ° 6 ′ N , 95 ° 49 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 446 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 291.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.53 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 395 m |
| Postal code : | 56309 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-02422 |
| GNIS ID : | 639472 |
| Website : | www.ashbyminnesota.org |
| Mayor : | Tom Grover |
Ashby is a small town (with the status " City ") in Grant County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Ashby had 446 residents.
geography
Ashby is located in the west of Minnesota in the middle of an extensive lake landscape at 46 ° 05'35 "north latitude and 95 ° 49'03" west longitude. The place extends over 1.53 km².
Neighboring towns to Ashby are Dalton (12.2 km northwest), Evansville (15.6 km southeast) and Elbow Lake (14.3 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (137 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (333 km east northeast), Minneapolis (256 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (274 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls in South Dakota (354 km south-southwest).
traffic
Interstate 94 , which is the shortest connection between the Twin Cities and Fargo, runs around 5 km from the south-western outskirts of the city . Minnesota State Route 78 runs through the southwest of the urban area of Ashby in a northeast-southwest direction . The main road and its northwest and west extensions form subordinate highways. All other roads are partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
In a north-west-south-east direction runs through the urban area of Ashby on the route of a former railway line of the Burlington Northern Railroad with the Central Lakes State Trail, a rail trail for hikers and cyclists. In winter, the hiking trail can also be used with snowmobiles.
With the Elbow Lake Municipal - Pride of the Prairie Airport, there is a small regional airport located 24 km southwest. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (279 km southeast).
Demographic data
As of the 2010 census , Ashby had 446 people in 197 households. The population density was 291.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 197 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 1.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent (two people) Asian and 0.2 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 45,833 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,246. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 24, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 24, 2013
- ^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Central Lakes State Trail.Retrieved April 24, 2013
- ^ Central Lakes Trail. Retrieved April 24, 2013