Brewster, Minnesota

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Brewster
Nobles County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Brewster Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
Foundation : 1872
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Nobles County
Coordinates : 43 ° 42 ′  N , 95 ° 28 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′  N , 95 ° 28 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 473 (as of 2010)
Population density : 134.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.52 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 454 m
Postal code : 56119
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-07660
GNIS ID : 640469

Brewster is a small town (with the status " City ") in Nobles County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Brewster had 473 residents.

geography

Brewster 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 geographical coordinates are 43 ° 41'55 "north latitude and 95 ° 28'07" west longitude. The place extends over an area of ​​3.52 km².

Neighboring towns to Brewster are Kinbrae (15.1 km north), Miloma (11.2 km northeast), Okabena (14.9 km east-northeast), Round Lake (12 miles south), Worthington (14.3 km southwest), and Reading (19.9 km west).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (270 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (283 km in the same direction), Rochester (278 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (383 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (329 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (109 km west), and Fargo , North Dakota (428 km north).

traffic

In the northeast-southwest direction, the Minnesota State Route 60 runs as the main road through Brewster. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the Union Pacific Railroad , the largest railway company in the country, runs parallel to the MN 60 for freight traffic .

With the Worthington Municipal Airport is located 16 km southwest of Brewster a small airfield. The closest regional airports are Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport in Marshall (105 km northwest) and Sioux Falls Regional Airport (108 km west). The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (265 km northeast).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Brewster had 473 people in 207 households. The population density was 134.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.29 people lived in each of the 207 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) African American, 1.3 percent Native American and 2.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.4 percent (two people) were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.3 percent of the population.

27.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.1 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 46,389  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,189. 10.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 29, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 29, 2013

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