Crookston, Minnesota

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crookston
Crookston Minnesota aerial view.jpg
Location in Minnesota
Polk County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Crookston Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1872
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Polk County
Coordinates : 47 ° 46 ′  N , 96 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 46 ′  N , 96 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Inhabitants :
Metropolitan Area :
7,891 (as of 2010)
98,461 (as of 2010)
Population density : 591.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.34 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 267 m
Postal code : 56716
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-13870
GNIS ID : 642475
Website : www.crookston.mn.us
Mayor : Dave Genereux
Crookston Commercial Historic District.jpg
The Crookston Commercial Historik District , listed on the NRHP since 1984

Crookston is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . Crookston, which is part of the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area , had 7,891 inhabitants in 2010 .

Crookston is the seat of the Catholic diocese of Crookston . Furthermore, Crookston is one of five locations in the University of Minnesota system with around 1,800 students.

geography

Crookston is located in northwestern Minnesota both sides of the Red Lake River , a right tributary of the border to the west neighboring North Dakota forming Red River of the North . The geographical coordinates of Crookston are 47 ° 46'27 "north latitude and 96 ° 36'29" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​13.34 km².

Neighboring towns to Crookston are Huot (23 km northeast), Fertile (37.9 km southeast), Beltrami (28.5 km south), Climax (27.6 km southwest) and Fisher (18.3 km west).

In addition to Grand Forks in North Dakota (40.7 km west-northwest), the nearest larger cities are Fargo in North Dakota (113 km south), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (265 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (386 km east-southeast) and Minneapolis (464 km southeast).

The Canadian border is 152 km north.

traffic

In Crookston, US Highway 2, which runs along the Red Lake River, crosses US Highway 75, which runs north to south . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The Crookston Municipal Airport

In Crookston, several freight railroad lines meet, which belong to the regional railroad company Grand Forks Subdivision .

Crookston is the northern end of the Agassiz Recreational Trail , a combined foot and bike path on a former railway line.

To the north of the outskirts of Crookston is Crookston Municipal Airport, a small airfield. The nearest international airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (116 km south), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (267 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (487 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 1227 -
1890 3457 181.7%
1900 5359 55%
1910 7559 41.1%
1920 6825 -9.7%
1930 6321 -7.4%
1940 7161 13.3%
1950 7352 2.7%
1960 8546 16.2%
1970 8312 -2.7%
1980 8628 3.8%
1990 8119 -5.9%
2000 8192 0.9%
2010 7891 -3.7%
1880-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Crookston had 7,891 people in 3,109 households. The population density was 591.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 3,109 households.

The racial the population was composed of 90.2 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 1.7 percent Native American, 1.6 percent Asian and 2.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.

22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 42,297  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,064. 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 84002709. Retrieved June 9, 2013
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 9, 2013
  3. ^ University of Minnesota, Crookston.Retrieved June 9, 2013
  4. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 9, 2013
  5. American Trails - Agassiz Recreational Trail ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 9, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.americantrails.org
  6. ^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Agassiz Recreational Trail.Retrieved June 9, 2013
  7. AirNav.com - CKN Retrieved on June 9, 2013
  8. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 9, 2013
  9. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Joseph H. Ball.Retrieved June 9, 2013
  10. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Halvor Steenerson.Retrieved June 9, 2013
  11. ^ Find a Grave - Halvor Steenerson. Retrieved June 9, 2013

Web links

Commons : Crookston, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files