Beaver Creek, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1884 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Rock county |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 37 ′ N , 96 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 297 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 230.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.29 km 2 (approx. 0 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 442 m |
| Postal code : | 56116 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-04492 |
| GNIS ID : | 639816 |
| Mayor : | Carolyn DeBoer |
 The First National Bank building in Beaver Creek, built in 1917, listed on the NRHP since 1980 |
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Beaver Creek is a small town (with the status " City ") in Rock County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Beaver Creek had 297 residents.
geography
Beaver Creek is located in southwest Minnesota on the plateau called Coteau des Prairies , which extends to Iowa in the south and South Dakota in the west. The place is on the left bank of Beaver Creek , a tributary of the Big Sioux River that flows into the Missouri . The geographical coordinates of Beaver Creek are 43 ° 36'51 "north latitude and 96 ° 21'52" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 1.29 km².
Neighboring locations to Beaver Creek are Luverne, 8.5 miles east-northeast, Steen , 11.9 miles southeast, Hills, 7.4 miles south, Valley Springs , South Dakota, 6.1 miles west-southwest, and Garretson , South Dakota (23.8 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (348 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (360 km in the same direction), Rochester (346 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (452 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (305 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (20 miles west-southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (399 km north).
traffic
Interstate 90 , the longest interstate highway in the country, runs along the southern outskirts of Beaver Creek . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
The Luverne Municipal Airport is 16 km east of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are South Falls Regional Airport (32.5 km west), Eppley Airfield near Omaha (301 km south) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (342 km east-northeast).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Beaver Creek had 297 people in 117 households. The population density was 230.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.54 people lived in each of the 117 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.3 percent (one person) Native American and 1.7 percent from other ethnic groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 46.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,615 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,768. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80002148. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 18, 2013