Clarkfield
| Clarkfield | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Yellow Medicine County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 47 ′ N , 95 ° 49 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 863 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 306 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.82 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 332 m |
| Postal code : | 56223 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-11656 |
| GNIS ID : | 641251 |
| Mayor : | Gene Kockelman |
Clark Field is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Yellow Medicine County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 , Clarkfield had 863 residents.
geography
Clarkfield is located at 44 ° 47'26 "north latitude and 95 ° 48'31" west longitude and extends over 2.82 km².
Neighboring towns to Clarkfield are Montevideo (14 miles northeast), Granite Falls (13 miles east), Hazel Run (7 miles southeast), St. Leo (17 miles southwest), and Boyd (14.2 miles east) km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (222 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (238 km in the same direction), Rochester (335 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (183 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (285 km north-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 59 and Minnesota State Route 67 intersect in Clarkfield . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
In the northwest-southeast direction runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway through the center of Clarkfield.
The Granite Falls Municipal Airport is located 26 km east of Clark Field. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (219 km east).
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Clarkfield had 863 people in 372 households. The population density was 306 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in each of the 372 households.
The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 0.2 percent (two people) African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.0 percent of the population.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.9 percent were 65 years or older. 50.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,500 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,058. 16.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- David Minge (* 1942), politician
- Larry Cole (born 1946), American football player
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 9, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 9, 2013