Clearwater County, Minnesota

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Clearwater County Courthouse
Clearwater County Courthouse
administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Bagley
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
213 Main Avenue N.
Bagley, MN 56621-8310
Foundation : December 20, 1902
Made up from: Beltrami County
Area code : 001 218
Demographics
Residents : 8695  (2010)
Population density : 3.4 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2667 km²
Water surface : 91 km²
map
Map of Clearwater County within Minnesota
Website : www.co.clearwater.mn.us
Bagley with the Clearwater County Gouvernment Center in the foreground

The Clearwater County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 8,695 people and a population density of 3.4 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Bagley , named after Sumner Bagley , a lumberjack.

With the Red Lake Reservation and the White Earth Indian Reservation two extend Indian reservations in part in the Clearwater County.

geography

The county is located in central northwest Minnesota and has an area of ​​2,667 square kilometers, of which 91 square kilometers are water.

In the southeast of the county is the Itasca State Park , in which Lake Itasca is the source lake of the Mississippi, which initially flows in a northeastern direction . On the northeast county boundary is Red Lake , which is drained by the Red Lake River , which flows through the county to the north . It is a right tributary of the Red River of the North , which belongs to the basin of the Nelson River , which drains into Hudson Bay . Between the two rivers is the watershed between the Gulf of Mexico and the Arctic Ocean .

  • Entrance to Itasca State Park

  • Eastern entrance of Itasca State Park

  • On the shores of Lake Itasca

  • The Mississippi in Itasca State Park

The following neighboring counties border Clearwater County:

Pennington County Beltrami County
Polk County Compass card (de) .svg
Mahnomen County Becker County Hubbard County

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 6870 -
1920 8569 24.7%
1930 9546 11.4%
1940 11,153 16.8%
1950 10.204 -8.5%
1960 8864 -13.1%
1970 8013 -9.6%
1980 8761 9.3%
1990 8309 -5.2%
2000 8423 1.4%
2010 8695 3.2%
1900–1990 2000 2010

Clearwater County was formed on December 20, 1902 from parts of Beltrami County. It was named after the Clearwater River and Clearwater Lake, both of which are located within the county.

Five places in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places as of January 28, 2018.

Demographic data

As of the 2010 census , Clearwater County had 8,695 people in 3,684 households. The population density was 3.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in 3684 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.3 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 9.0 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 39,143  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,466. 16.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Clearwater County localities

Citys

Census-designated places (CDP)

Other Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Becker County
2 - partly in Mahnomen County

structure

In addition to the five cities, Clearwater County is divided into 22 townships and two unorganized territories (UT):

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Bear Creek Township 111    27-04186
Clover Township 113    27-12214
Copley Township 872    27-13150
Dudley Township 400    27-16462
Eddy Township 339    27-18008
Falk Township 284    27-20438
Greenwood Township 83    27-25910
Hangaard Township 5    27-26954
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Holst Township 369    27-29834
Itasca Township 132    27-31508
La Prairie Township 356    27-35630
Leon Township 345    27-36458
Long Lost Lake Township 43    27-38042
Minerva Township 261    27-42452
Moose Creek Township 230    27-43918
Nora Township 442    27-46438
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
North Clearwater UT 87    27-46830
Pine Lake Township 414    27-51190
Popple Township 526    27-52018
Rice Township 158    27-54016
Shevlin Township 452    27-59800
Sinclair Township 164    27-60502
South Clearwater UT 10    27-61303
Winsor Township 90    27-71068

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659460. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Clearwater County, MN Retrieved April 15, 2013
  3. ^ A b National Association of Counties.Retrieved April 15, 2013
  4. ↑ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 17, 2011
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 28, 2018.
  6. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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Coordinates: 47 ° 34 '  N , 95 ° 23'  W