Buffalo, Minnesota
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 Location of Buffalo in Wright County and Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1856 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Wright County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 10 ′ N , 93 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 10.097 (status: 2000) |
| Population density : | 647.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 20.2 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 15.6 km 2 (approx. 6 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 283 m |
| Postal code : | 55313 |
| Area code : | +1 763 |
| FIPS : | 27-08452 |
| GNIS ID : | 0640603 |
| Website : | www.ci.buffalo.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Fred Naaktborn |
Buffalo is a city centrally located in the US state of Minnesota . It is the administrative seat ( County Seat ) of Wright County and has over 10,000 inhabitants (as of 2000).
geography
Geographical location
The small town of Buffalo is located in the northwest of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area in the midwestern United States. Minneapolis is around 50 kilometers southeast. Buffalo is surrounded by three larger lakes: Buffalo Lake in the southwest of the city, Pulaski Lake in the north, and the slightly smaller Mary Lake southeast of Buffalo. According to the United States Census Bureau , the area of the city is 20.2 square kilometers, of which 4.6 square kilometers is water.
climate
Buffalo has a typical Minnesota continental climate . Summers are hot and humid, while winters are cold with little rainfall. On an average of 80 days a year, the maximum daily temperature is below zero degrees Celsius. The annual snowfall is 111 centimeters.
| NCDC data (1971-2000) | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Average daytime temperature in ° C | −12.1 | −8.4 | −1.5 | 6.8 | 14.4 | 19.6 | 21.9 | 20.5 | 15.1 | 8.6 | −0.4 | −8.7 | Ø 6.3 |
| Average rainfall in mm | 20th | 16 | 40 | 58 | 83 | 112 | 99 | 108 | 75 | 56 | 46 | 20th | Σ 732 |
history
The areas around the Buffalo and Pulaski lakes were used by the Indians as a settlement and for hunting and fishing very early on . At that time the area called Big Woods was still densely forested. Later in the 19th century the Indians and whites of European descent also used it to trade fur . With the withdrawal of the Indians in reservations , settlers of European descent settled there. The first permanent settler in Buffalo Township was Augustus Prime in April 1855. A year later, the settlement within the township, from which the county seat and the city of Buffalo developed.
Since the second half of the 20th century, Buffalo saw a great increase in population. The number rose from 3275 inhabitants in 1970 to around 14,000 inhabitants in 2006 (Census estimate).
Population development
| 1970 | 1980 | 1990 | 2000 |
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| 3,275 | 4,560 | 6,856 | 10.097 |
Demographic data
According to the 2000 census , Buffalo has 10,097 people in 3,702 households and 2,583 families. Racially, the population is made up of 97 percent white population and smaller minorities. 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanics .
Children under the age of 18 live in 40.1% of the 3,702 households, married couples in 55.9%, female singles in 10.6% and 30.2% are not family households. 24.9% of all households consist exclusively of a single person and 9.9% have single people over 65 years of age. The average household size is 2.63 people, that of families 3.17.
In relation to the entire city, the population is made up of 29.2% residents under 18 years of age, 8.7% between 18 and 24 years of age, 32.8% between 25 and 44 years of age, 18.0% between 45 and 64 years of age 11.3% over 65 years. The median is 32 years. About 51% of the population is female.
The median income of a household is USD 49,573 and that of a family is USD 59,250. The per capita income is $ 21,424. About 5.1% of the population and 4.6% of families live below the poverty line.
traffic
Minnesota State Route 55 runs through Buffalo and State Route 25 in a north-south direction . The Interstate 94 runs approximately 16 kilometers north of the city. A Canadian Pacific Railway also runs through Buffalo.
The regional airport is Buffalo Municipal Airport , located southeast of the city center . The nearest major commercial airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 60 kilometers away .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Climatography of the United States NO. 84, 1971-2000 ; Station: 211107 BUFFALO, MN