Elysian, Minnesota

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Elysian
Center of Elysian
Center of Elysian
Location in Minnesota
Location of Elysian in Le Sueur County (right) and Minnesota (left)
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
Counties : Le Sueur County
Waseca County
Coordinates : 44 ° 12 ′  N , 93 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 12 ′  N , 93 ° 40 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 652 (as of 2010)
Population density : 208.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.13 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 318 m
Postal code : 56028
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-19160
GNIS ID : 643325
Website : www.elysianmn.com
Mayor : Clinton Stoen
2009-0805-ElysianPublicSchool.jpg
Elysian Public School , established in 1885, listed in the NRHP since 1981 ; now a museum

Elysian is a small town (with the status " City ") in Le Sueur , and to a lesser extent in Waseca County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Elysian had 652 residents.

geography

Elysian is located in the midst of a landscape rich in lakes in southern Minnesota. The geographical coordinates of Elysian are 44 ° 11'55 "north latitude and 93 ° 40'26" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​3.13 km².

Neighboring towns to Elysian are Waterville (6.4 miles east-northeast), Waseca (14 miles southeast), Janesville (8.5 miles south), Madison Lake (7.2 miles west), and Cleveland (15.4 miles northwest) .

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (113 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (118 km in the same direction), Rochester (117 km east-southeast), Cedar Rapids in Iowa (360 km southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (324 km south ), Omaha , Nebraska (523 km southwest), Sioux Falls , South Dakota (301 km west southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (472 km northwest).

traffic

The Minnesota State Route 60 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Elysian. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Mankato Regional Airport there is a small airfield 25.9 km north. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (108 km north-northeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 167 -
1890 348 108.4%
1900 459 31.9%
1910 345 -24.8%
1920 354 2.6%
1930 388 9.6%
1940 382 -1.5%
1950 402 5.2%
1960 382 -5%
1970 445 16.5%
1980 454 2%
1990 445 -2%
2000 486 9.2%
2010 652 34.2%
2012 estimate 654 0.3%
1880-2000 2010 2012

According to the 2010 census , Elysian had 652 people in 273 households. The population density was 208.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.37 people lived in each of the 273 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.6 percent white, 0.5 percent African American and 0.2 percent (one person) Asian; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.

23.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 53,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 29,143. 0.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000677.Retrieved July 11, 2013
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 11, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 11, 2013
  4. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 11, 2013
  5. US Census Bureau 2012 Estimate ( July 10, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 11, 2013

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