Fountain (Minnesota)

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Fountain
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Location in Minnesota
Fillmore County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Fountain Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Fillmore County
Coordinates : 43 ° 44 ′  N , 92 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′  N , 92 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 410 (as of 2010)
Population density : 190.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.15 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.15 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 398 m
Postal code : 55935
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-22094
GNIS ID : 643839

Fountain is a small town (with the status " City ") in Fillmore County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Fountain had 410 residents.

geography

Fountain is located in southeast Minnesota at 43 ° 44'24 "north latitude and 92 ° 08'11" west longitude and extends over 2.15 km².

Neighboring locations to Fountain are Chatfield (9 miles north), Lanesboro ( 9 miles east), Preston (6 miles southeast), Wykoff ( 8 miles southwest), and Fillmore (7 miles west).

The closest major cities are Rochester (29 miles northwest) and La Crosse , Wisconsin (58 miles east). The metropolitan area around the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is 188 km north-northwest.

traffic

The US Highway 30 leading into a north-south direction as the main road through the city of Fountain. Minnesota State Route 80 runs southwest . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

The closest airports are Rochester International Airport (50.1 km northwest) and the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (179 km in the same direction).

On a closed railway of Milwaukee Road runs with the Bluff Trail Highlands State , a combined foot and Cycle .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Fountain had 410 people in 171 households. The population density was 190.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.4 people lived in each of the 171 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98 percent white, 0.2 percent (one person) Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.0 percent of the population.

27.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.1 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,125  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,686. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved January 29, 2013
  2. US Gazetteer files 2010 ( Memento of February 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Retrieved January 29, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on January 29, 2013

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