Cass County, Minnesota

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Cass County Courthouse
Cass County Courthouse
administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Walker
Address of the
administrative headquarters:
County Courthouse
303 Minnesota Avenue
Walker, MN 56484-3000
Foundation : March 31, 1851
Made up from: Dakota County
Mankahto County
Pembina County
Wahnata County
Area code : 001 218
Demographics
Residents : 28,567  (2010)
Population density : 5.5 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 6253 km²
Water surface : 1027 km²
map
Map of Cass County within Minnesota

The Cass County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 28,567 residents and a population density of 5.5 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Walker .

Part of the Leech Lake Indian Reservation is in Cass County.

geography

Leech Lake

The county is located in north-central Minnesota and has an area of ​​6253 square kilometers, of which 1027 square kilometers are water.

The largest lake is Leech Lake with an area of ​​451 square kilometers, which is also the third largest lake in the state of Minnesota. The lake lies entirely in the Chippewa National Forest and is part of the Mississippi river system , which the county meets to the north and the extreme southeast.

The following neighboring counties border Cass County:

Beltrami County Itasca County
Hubbard County ,
Wadena County
Compass card (de) .svg Aitkin County
Todd County Morrison County Crow Wing County

history

L. Cass
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1860 150 -
1870 380 153.3%
1880 486 27.9%
1890 1247 156.6%
1900 7777 523.7%
1910 11,620 49.4%
1920 15,897 36.8%
1930 15,591 -1.9%
1940 20,646 32.4%
1950 19,468 -5.7%
1960 16,720 -14.1%
1970 17,323 3.6%
1980 21,050 21.5%
1990 21,791 3.5%
2000 27,150 24.6%
2010 28,567 5.2%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

Cass County was formed on March 31, 1851 from parts of Walker County and the defunct Mankahto County, Pembina County and Wahnata County. It was named after Lewis Cass (1782–1866), a US military officer, politician and secretary of state .

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

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Cass County had 28,567 people in 12,943 households. The population density was 5.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 12,943 households.

The racial the population was composed of 86.1 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 11.0 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

21.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.8 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 43,042  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,772. 15.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Cass County localities

Citys

Census-designated place (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

1 - predominantly in Morrison County

structure

In addition to the 15 cities, Cass County is divided into 50 townships (TS) and four unorganized territories (UT):

Township Pop.
(2010)
FIPS
Ansel TS 97    27-01738
Barclay TS 559    27-03538
Becker TS 517    27-04600
Beulah TS 64    27-05572
Birch Lake TS 524    27-06040
Blind Lake TS 82    27-06454
Boy Lake TS 256    27-07156
Boy River TS 86    27-07192
Bull Moose TS 133    27-08560
Bungo TS 188    27-08596
Byron TS 144    27-09136
Crooked Lake TS 560    27-13834
Deerfield TS 118    27-15220
East Cass UT 62    27-17495
Township Pop.
(2010)
FIPS
Fairview TS 821    27-20366
Gould TS 224    27-24686
Hiram TS 316    27-29366
Home Brook TS 255    27-29978
Inguadona TS 190    27-30986
Kego TS 505    27-32588
Leech Lake TS 436    27-36224
Lima TS 101    27-37034
Loon Lake TS 540    27-38168
McKinley TS 133    27-39104
Maple TS 377    27-40076
May TS 852    27-41102
Meadow Brook TS 226    27-41354
Moose Lake TS 111    27-43990
Township Pop.
(2010)
FIPS
North Cass UT 264    27-46825
North Central Cass UT 28    27-46826
Otter Tail Peninsula TS 54    27-49250
Pike Bay TS 1610    27-50848
Pine Lake TS 207    27-51172
Pine River TS 1156    27-51298
Ponto Lake TS 481    27-51928
Poplar TS 170    27-51964
Powers TS 715    27-52252
Remer TS 189    27-53800
Rogers TS 63    27-55168
Salem TS 95    27-58216
Shingobee TS 1514    27-59872
Slater TS 215    27-60790
Township Pop.
(2010)
FIPS
Smoky Hollow TS 70    27-60970
Sylvan TS 2702    27-63958
Thunder Lake TS 272    27-64876
Torrey TS 155    27-65254
Trelipe TS 150    27-65434
Turtle Lake TS 683    27-65776
Wabedo TS 341    27-67414
Wahnena UT 180    27-67595
Walden TS 500    27-67684
Wilkinson TS 401    27-70348
Wilson TS 645    27-70654
Woodrow TS 611    27-71608

See also

Individual evidence

  1. GNIS-ID: 659456. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Cass County, MN Retrieved April 8, 2013
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved April 8, 2013
  4. ^ US Census Bureau _ Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 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

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Coordinates: 46 ° 57 ′  N , 94 ° 19 ′  W