Cyrus (Minnesota)

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Cyrus
Cyrus, Minnesota, from State Highway 28
Cyrus, Minnesota, from State Highway 28
Location in Minnesota
Pope County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Cyrus Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Pope County
Coordinates : 45 ° 37 ′  N , 95 ° 44 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 37 ′  N , 95 ° 44 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 288 (as of 2010)
Population density : 394.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 0.73 km 2  (approx. 0 mi 2 )
Height : 352 m
Postal code : 56323
Area code : +1 320
FIPS : 27-14446
GNIS ID : 642573

Cyrus is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pope County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Cyrus had 288 residents.

geography

Cyrus is located in west central Minnesota on the western bank of the Chippewa River , a left tributary of the Minnesota River . The geographical coordinates of Cyrus are 45 ° 36'53 "north latitude and 95 ° 44'17" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​0.73 km².

Neighboring locations to Cyrus are Kensington (13 miles north), Farwell (15 miles northeast), Lowry (16 miles northeast), Starbuck (10 miles east), Hancock (10 miles southwest), Morris (9 miles west) and Hoffman (17 miles northwest).

The closest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (185 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (366 km northeast), Minneapolis (226 km east-southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (245 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls , South Dakota (287 km south-southwest).

traffic

The Minnesota State Route 28 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Cyrus. All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

With the Starbuck Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 18 km east of Cyrus. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (150 miles to the south-southeast).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , there were 288 people in 137 households in Cyrus. The population density was 394.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.1 people lived in each of the 137 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.7 percent African American and 0.3 percent Native American; 3.1 percent were descended from two or more races.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,625  USD . The per capita income was $ 22,358. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 12, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 12, 2013

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