Fertile (Minnesota)
| Fertile | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1879 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Polk County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 17 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
842 (as of 2010) 98,461 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 152.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.52 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 347 m |
| Postal code : | 56540 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-20978 |
| GNIS ID : | 643615 |
| Website : | www.cityoffertile.org |
| Mayor : | Brian Nephew |
Fertile is a small town (with the status " City ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Fertile had 842 inhabitants.
Fertile is part of the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area .
geography
Fertile is located in northwestern Minnesota on the north bank of the Sand Hill River , a right tributary of the border between Minnesota and North Dakota forming Red River of the North . The geographical coordinates of Fertile are 47 ° 32'10 "north latitude and 96 ° 16'49" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 5.52 km².
Neighboring locations to Fertile are Maple Bay (10.1 miles north-northeast), Winger (14.4 miles east), Gary (19.8 km south), Beltrami (19.6 km west) and Crookston (37.9 km northwest) .
In addition to Grand Forks in North Dakota (78.4 km northwest), the nearest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (112 km southwest), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (302 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (360 km east-southeast) and Minneapolis (426 km southeast).
The Canadian border is 179 km north.
traffic
The Minnesota State Route 32 runs from north to south as the main road through Fertile. North of the city, the Minnesota State Route 102 joins the MN 32 at its southern endpoint. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inter-urban connecting roads.
The Agassiz Recreational Trail , a combined foot and bike path on a former railway line, runs through Fertile .
To the north of the outskirts of Fertile there is a small airfield called Fertile Municipal Airport . The nearest international airports are Grand Forks International Airport (92.6 km northwest), Hector International Airport in Fargo (115 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (305 km northwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (450 km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 587 | - | |
| 1910 | 614 | 4.6% | |
| 1920 | 800 | 30.3% | |
| 1930 | 800 | 0% | |
| 1940 | 907 | 13.4% | |
| 1950 | 890 | -1.9% | |
| 1960 | 968 | 8.8% | |
| 1970 | 955 | -1.3% | |
| 1980 | 869 | -9% | |
| 1990 | 859 | -1.2% | |
| 2000 | 893 | 4% | |
| 2010 | 842 | -5.7% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , there were 842 people in 372 households in Fertile. The population density was 152.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.13 people lived in each of the 372 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.
23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,839. 17.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 11, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ American Trails - Agassiz Recreational Trail ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 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 9, 2013
- ^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Agassiz Recreational Trail.Retrieved June 11, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - D14 Retrieved on June 11, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 11, 2013
