Echo (Minnesota)
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1892 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Yellow Medicine County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 37 ′ N , 95 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 278 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 106.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.62 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 329 m |
| Postal code : | 56237 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-17900 |
| GNIS ID : | 643147 |
| Website : | www.echomn.com |
| Mayor : | Daniel Remmele |
Echo 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 Echo had 278 inhabitants.
geography
Echo lies at 44 ° 37'01 "north latitude and 95 ° 25'03" west longitude and extends over 2.62 km².
Neighboring locations to Echo are Belview (8.2 km east), Vesta (13.2 km south), Cottonwood (13.7 km west), Wood Lake (13.7 km northwest), and Granite Falls (28.9 km north- northwest) ).
The closest major cities are Minneapolis (211 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (227 km in the same direction), Rochester (274 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (188 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (315 km north-northwest).
traffic
The Minnesota State Route 67 runs north-south on the western edge of echo. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
In a west-east direction, a railway line on the Minnesota Prairie Line runs through the center of Echo.
The Granite Falls Municipal Airport is located 27 km northwest of Echo. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (208 km east).
history
After the land around the present site echo of Indians of the Dakota was settled, the first white settlers arrived in the 1870s in the area.
In 1874, the Echo Township , which still exists today, was founded, to which today's local area still belonged. In 1892, the county government approved the application to establish an independent parish and Echo was separated as the Village of Echo from the township of the same name.
The community grew not least because of its location on a railway line. The first electric street lighting was installed in 1912, which was made possible by the construction of its own power station. In 1926, a new school, which still exists today, was built on the site of the school from 1895 that had previously burned down. When all incorporated towns of Minnesota were given a uniform parish status in 1976 , Echo became the City of Echo .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Echo had 278 people in 111 households. The population density was 106.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 111 households.
The racial the population was composed of 91.7 percent white, 1.4 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 1.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 5.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
32.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 31,458 USD . The per capita income was $ 15,733. 33.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 10, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 10, 2013
- ^ History of Echo. Retrieved April 10, 2013