Beaver Bay
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 The Blue Anchor restaurant in the center of Beaver Bay. |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Lake County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 15 ′ N , 91 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 181 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 95.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.26 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 1.89 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 214 m |
| Postal code : | 55601 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-04456 |
| GNIS ID : | 0655294 |
| Website : | www.beaverbaymn.com |
| Mayor : | Kent Shamblin |
Beaver Bay is a small town (with the status " City ") in Lake County in the northeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Beaver Bay had 181 residents.
geography
Beaver Bay is 47 ° 15'29 "north latitude and 91 ° 18'04" west longitude. The place extends over 3.26 km², which is spread over 1.89 km² of land and 1.37 km² of water.
Beaver Bay is located southwest of the mouth of the Beaver River on Minnesota State Route 61 , which runs along the so-called North Shore , the northwestern shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. East Beaver River , which is at the other end of Beaver Bay, does not belong to the urban area, but to the Beaver River Township . The name in the Ojibwe language for the bay is Ga-gijikensikag , the place of the little cedars.
history
Bear River was the first settlement on the northwestern bank of the lake and was founded on June 24, 1856 by members of the German emigrant family Wieland. The approximately 25 family members were dropped off by the paddle steamer Illinois . As a result, they built two sawmills and in 1869 a flour mill.
The panic of 1857 caused a number of settlements on the lake's northwestern shore to be abandoned. Beaver Bay was the only permanently inhabited town between Duluth and Grand Portage at the time .
In 1866 Bear Bay became the county seat of the newly formed Lake County, until it was moved to Two Harbors in 1886 . The school built in 1876 soon burned down and was rebuilt in 1878. A new building completed in 1928 now serves as the seat of the municipal administration.
In the 1890s, settlers of Scandinavian origin began to arrive . These were dedicated to commercial fishing , which flourished on the North Shore until the late 1960s. Agriculture was not as productive as expected and so the settlement lived mainly from logging until the end of the 19th century.
In 1924, State Route 61 was completed, which began tourist development. Today this is an important economic factor for Beaver Bay, especially due to sport fishing for salmon and trout in the Beaver River.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Beaver Bay had 181 people in 84 households. The population density was 95.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2б15 people lived in each of the 84 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 1.1 percent (two people) African American and 1.7 percent Native American; 5.5 percent were descended from two or more races.
23.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.4 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.8 percent were 65 years or older. Only 34.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 25,625 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,695. 43.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 10, 2013
