Fosston
| Fosston | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1889 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Polk County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 35 ′ N , 95 ° 45 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
1,527 (as of 2010) 98,461 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 344.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.43 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 395 m |
| Postal code : | 56542 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-21986 |
| GNIS ID : | 643832 |
| Website : | www.fosston.com |
| Mayor : | Jim Offerdahl |
 Main Street in Fosston (1902) |
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Fosston is a small town (with the status " City ") in Polk County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Fosston had 1,527 residents.
Fosston is part of the Greater Grand Forks metropolitan area .
geography
Fosston is located in northwest Minnesota in the middle of a landscape rich in lakes. The geographical coordinates of Fosston are 47 ° 34'41 "north latitude and 95 ° 44'56" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 4.43 km².
Neighboring locations to Fosston are Trail (17 miles north), Gully (19 miles northeast), Gonvick (21 miles northeast), Bagley (28.5 miles east-southeast), Lengby (7.5 miles southeast), Winger (13 miles west southwest) and McIntosh (8 miles northwest).
In addition to Grand Forks in North Dakota (111 km west-northwest), the nearest larger cities are Fargo in North Dakota (157 km southwest), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (303 km north-northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (316 km east-southeast) and Minneapolis ( 415 km southeast).
The Canadian border is 175 km north.
traffic
The US Highway 2 leads in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Fosston. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs parallel to US 2 .
Fosston Municipal Airport is a small airfield in the north-west of the city . The nearest major airports are Grand Forks International Airport (125 km west-northwest), Hector International Airport in Fargo (159 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (311 km north-northwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (439 km) km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 207 | - | |
| 1900 | 864 | 317.4% | |
| 1910 | 1075 | 24.4% | |
| 1920 | 1014 | -5.7% | |
| 1930 | 978 | -3.6% | |
| 1940 | 1271 | 30% | |
| 1950 | 1424 | 12% | |
| 1960 | 1704 | 19.7% | |
| 1970 | 1684 | -1.2% | |
| 1980 | 1599 | -5% | |
| 1990 | 1517 | -5.1% | |
| 2000 | 1575 | 3.8% | |
| 2010 | 1527 | -3% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Fosston had 1,527 people in 670 households. The population density was 344.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 670 households.
The racial the population was composed of 94.0 percent white, 2.9 percent Native American and 0.4 percent Asian; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.2 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 48.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.0 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 32,857 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,676. 19.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 10, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 11, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - FSE Retrieved on June 11, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 11, 2013