Belview, Minnesota
| Belview | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1892 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Redwood County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 36 ′ N , 95 ° 20 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 384 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 156.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.46 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 326 m |
| Postal code : | 56214 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-05050 |
| GNIS ID : | 639908 |
| Website : | www.belview.org |
Belview is a small town (with the status " City ") in Redwood County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Belview had 384 residents.
geography
Belview is located in southwest Minnesota at 44 ° 36'19 "north latitude and 95 ° 19'46" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 2.46 km².
Neighboring locations to Belview are Delhi (10.1 km east), Redwood Falls (15.2 km east-southeast), Seaforth (14.6 km south), Vesta (17.7 km southwest) and Echo (8.2 km west-northwest) .
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (204 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (216 km in the same direction), Rochester (265 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (472 km south-southeast), Omaha in Nebraska (445 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (194 km southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (311 km northwest).
traffic
There are no national highways through Belview. All roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Minnesota Prairie Line , a regional ( Class III ) railway company, runs through the urban area of Belview in a west-east direction .
The Redwood Falls Municipal Airport is located 27.5 km east-southeast of Belview. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (201 km east-northeast).
history
After the country had previously been settled by the Sioux , it came to the US government through the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux in 1851 . Only a strip of land on the Minnesota River remained for the Indians and became reservation land.
In the 1860s the land was surveyed and cleared for repopulation. In 1884 the railroad and with it more settlers came to the region. In 1887 the US government set up a post office at the urging of the settlers in the area. Two years later, the current location was laid out according to plan and incorporated as the Village of Belview in 1892 .
Demographic data
As of the 2010 census , Belview had 384 people in 169 households. The population density was 156.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 169 households.
Ethnically, the population consisted only of whites with seven exceptions.
18.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 31.0 percent were 65 years or older. 54.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,368 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,099. 5.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Don Wallace (1898–1985), radio pioneer
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 13, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 13, 2013
- ^ History of Belview.Retrieved June 13, 2013