Fairfax, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Renville County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 32 ′ N , 94 ° 43 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,235 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 366.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.37 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 315 m |
| Postal code : | 55332 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-20222 |
| GNIS ID : | 643498 |
| Website : | www.cityoffairfax-mn.gov |
| Mayor : | Doug Pomplun |
 The Minneapolis and St. Louis Depot in Fairfax, built in 1883, listed in the NRHP since 1986 |
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Fairfax is a small town (with the status " City ") in Renville County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Fairfax had a population of 1235.
geography
Fairfax is located in central southwest Minnesota at 44 ° 31'45 "north latitude and 94 ° 43'15" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.37 km².
Neighboring locations to Fairfax are Hector (15 miles north), Buffalo Lake (19 miles northeast), Gibbon (9 miles east), Sleepy Eye (16 miles south), Evan (17 miles southwest ) and Franklin (8 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (147 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (160 km in the same direction), Rochester (217 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (428 km south-southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (448 km south-southwest) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (237 km southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (356 km northwest).
traffic
On the eastern edge of Fairfax, Minnesota State Route 4 , which runs north to south, and Minnesota State Route 19 , which runs in a west-east direction and which forms the main street of the city, cross. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A Minnesota Prairie Line railroad runs through the city of Fairfax in a west-east direction .
With the New Ulm Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 35.4 km southwest. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (145 km east-northeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 351 | - | |
| 1900 | 642 | 82.9% | |
| 1910 | 815 | 26.9% | |
| 1920 | 1066 | 30.8% | |
| 1930 | 916 | -14.1% | |
| 1940 | 1116 | 21.8% | |
| 1950 | 1143 | 2.4% | |
| 1960 | 1489 | 30.3% | |
| 1970 | 1432 | -3.8% | |
| 1980 | 1405 | -1.9% | |
| 1990 | 1276 | -9.2% | |
| 2000 | 1295 | 1.5% | |
| 2010 | 1235 | -4.6% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
As of the 2010 census , Fairfax had 1,235 people in 513 households. The population density was 366.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.29 people lived in each of the 513 households.
The racial the population was composed of 92.6 percent white, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 6.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 11.3 percent of the population.
23.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 39,773 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,889. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 86001921. Retrieved June 15, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 15, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 15, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 15, 2013