Ellendale, Minnesota
| Ellendale | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1901 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Steele County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 52 ′ N , 93 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 691 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 277.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.49 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 390 m |
| Postal code : | 56026 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-18746 |
| GNIS ID : | 643279 |
| Website : | www.ellendalemn.com |
| Mayor : | Roger Swearingen |
Ellendale is a small town (with the status " City ") in Steele County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Ellendale had 691 residents.
geography
Ellendale is located in southern Minnesota at 43 ° 52'22 "north latitude and 93 ° 18'05" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 2.49 km².
Neighboring towns to Ellendale are Hope (12.5 km north), Blooming Prairie (13.2 km east), Geneva (8.7 km southeast), Clarks Grove (13.7 km south), Hartland (14.1 km southwest ) and New Richland (9.4 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (131 km north), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (137 km in the same direction), Rochester (83.8 km east-northeast), Cedar Rapids in Iowa (302 km southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (266 km south), Omaha , Nebraska (482 km southwest), Sioux Falls , South Dakota (307 km west), and Fargo , North Dakota (506 km northwest).
traffic
Interstate 35 runs along the eastern outskirts of Ellendale and is the shortest connection from the Twin Cities to Des Moines. The Minnesota State Route 30 runs from west to east direction as the main road through the city of Ellendale. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad runs north-south through central Ellendale.
The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (128 km north).
history
In 1900 a line of what was then Burlington, Cedar Rapids and Northern Railway reached the area around the present-day location. The railroad company buys land from a local farmer to build a new town. The newly established place was named Ellendale after Ellen Dale Ives , the wife of the president of the railway company.
In 1901 the newly founded place was incorporated as an independent municipality. At that time the place had about 200 inhabitants, a post office, several rented stables, a meat market, two grain elevators , a wood store and other businesses. A slaughterhouse was built south of the station.
In 1910 Ellendale already had around 400 residents. A two-story brick school building was built in the same year. In 1922 the building was expanded after several surrounding schools had been merged into one center.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Ellendale had 691 people in 296 households. The population density was 277.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.33 people lived in each of the 296 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.6 percent white, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.1 percent Asian and 0.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 73,125 USD . The per capita income was $ 24,398. 3.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 23, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 23, 2013
- ↑ History of Ellendale ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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 23, 2013
