Barnum, Minnesota

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Barnum
Carlton County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Barnum Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Carlton County
Coordinates : 46 ° 30 ′  N , 92 ° 41 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 30 ′  N , 92 ° 41 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 613 (as of 2010)
Population density : 236.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.59 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 337 m
Postal code : 55707
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-03628
GNIS ID : 639642
Website : www.barnummn.us
Mayor : Jason Goodwin

Barnum is a small town (with the status " City ") in Carlton County in eastern US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Barnum had 613 inhabitants.

geography

Barnum is located on the Moose Horn River , a tributary of the basin of the Mississippi belonging Kettle River . The place is at 46 ° 30'15 "north latitude, 92 ° 41'26" west longitude and extends over 2.59 km².

Neighboring towns to Barnum are Mahtowa (10.3 km northeast), Duesler (16.2 km east), Moose Lake (8.5 km southwest) and Kettle River (16.9 km west).

The closest major cities are Minneapolis (190 km southwest), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (187 km in the same direction), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (301 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (59.9 km northeast) and Fargo in North Dakota (355 km west).

The Canadian border is 285 km north.

traffic

Interstate 35 , the shortest connection from the Twin Cities to Duluth, runs along the south-eastern outskirts of the city . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

On the route of a former railway line, a rail trail runs through the urban area of ​​Moose Lake.

8.3 miles southwest of Barnum is Moose Lake Carlton County Airport . The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 198 km south-southwest .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Barnum had 613 people in 236 households. The population density was 236.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.57 people lived in each of the 236 households.

The racial the population was composed of 92.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 2.4 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 5.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

32.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 13.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 37,212  USD . The per capita income was $ 16,385. 19.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 6, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 6, 2013

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