Big Stone County

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Big Stone County Courthouse
Big Stone County Courthouse
administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Ortonville
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
20 SE 2nd Street
Ortonville, MN 56278-1544
Foundation : February 20, 1862
Made up from: Pierce County
Area code : 001 320
Demographics
Residents : 5269  (2010)
Population density : 4.1 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1367 km²
Water surface : 80 km²
map
Map of Big Stone County within Minnesota
Website : www.bigstonecounty.org

The Big Stone County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 5,269 people and a population density of 4.1 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Ortonville , which was named after its founder Cornelius Knute Orton .

geography

Traverse Gap

The county is in western Minnesota. It has an area of ​​1367 square kilometers, of which 80 square kilometers are water.

The county is located on the northeastern shore of Big Stone Lake , which forms the border with South Dakota . The outflow of the lake is the Minnesota River , which borders the county to the southwest. In the extreme northwest is the Traverse Gap , the watershed between the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean .

The following neighboring counties border Big Stone County:

Roberts County,
South Dakota
Traverse County Stevens County
Compass card (de) .svg
Grant County,
South Dakota
Lac qui Parle County Swift County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1870 24 -
1880 3688 15,266.7%
1890 5722 55.2%
1900 8731 52.6%
1910 9367 7.3%
1920 9766 4.3%
1930 9838 0.7%
1940 10,447 6.2%
1950 9607 -8th %
1960 8954 -6.8%
1970 7941 -11.3%
1980 7716 -2.8%
1990 6285 -18.5%
2000 5820 -7.4%
2010 5269 -9.5%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Big Stone County was formed on February 20, 1862 from Pierce County, which now only exists in Wisconsin. It was named after the Big Stone Lake.

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 28, 2018).

Big Stone County localities

According to the 2010 census , Big Stone County had 5,269 people in 2,395 households. The population density was 4.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.15 people lived in each of the 2395 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

20.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.3 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 44,438  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,960. 11.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

All localities have the municipal status of City .

1 - partly in Lac qui Parle County

structure

Big Stone County is divided into 14 townships :

Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Akron Township 168    27-00532
Almond Township 110    27-01126
Artichoke Township 79    27-02350
Big Stone Township 275    27-05788
Browns Valley Township 358    27-08182
Foster Township 112    27-22058
Graceville Township 197    27-24776
Township Population
(2010)
FIPS
Malta Township 98    27-39608
Moonshine Township 131    27-43828
Odessa township 132    27-48076
Ortonville Township 2011    27-48724
Otrey Township 87    27-49120
Prior Township 247    27-52576
Toqua Township 53    27-65200

The cities of Barry , Clinton , Correll , Graceville and Odessa do not belong to any township.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 659451. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Big Stone County, MN. Retrieved March 30, 2013
  3. a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved March 30, 2013
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 28, 2018.
  7. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

Commons : Big Stone County, Minnesota  - collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 45 ° 26 '  N , 96 ° 24'  W