Frontenac, Minnesota

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Frontenac
Frontenac, Minnesota
Frontenac
Frontenac
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Goodhue County
Coordinates : 44 ° 31 ′  N , 92 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 31 ′  N , 92 ° 21 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 282 (as of 2010)
Population density : 59 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.78 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) of
which 4.78 km 2  (about 2 mi 2 ) is land
Height : 220 m
Postal code : 55026
Area code : +1 651
FIPS : 27-22904
GNIS ID : 643972

Frontenac is a settlement on community-free area in Goodhue County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP) . In 2010 Frontenac had 282 inhabitants.

geography

Frontenac lies at 44 ° 30'40 "north latitude and 92 ° 21'24" west longitude and extends over 4.78 km². The place is within the Florence Township . Frontenac consists of two districts: on the edge of Frontenac State Park on the western bank of the Mississippi , which forms the border with Wisconsin . The Mississippi is widened to Lake Pepin at this point .

Neighboring towns to Frontenac are Lake City (10.6 km downstream) and Red Wing (16.7 km upstream).

The nearest major cities are Rochester (65.2 km south) and the metropolitan area around the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul is 105 km northwest.

traffic

The US Highway 61 , of the portion of the Minnesota here Great River Road forms, in parallel to the Mississippi by Frontenac. The US Highway 63 runs along the same route through the town. All other roads are subordinate routes or inner-city connecting roads.

The Canadian Pacific Railway runs parallel to the Mississippi and Great River Road through Frontenac .

The nearest airports are Rochester International Airport (79 km south) and the larger Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (98 km northwest).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Frontenac had 282 people in 114 households. The population density was 59 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.47 people each in the 114 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.7 percent (two people) Asian and 0.4 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

24.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.5 percent were 65 years or older. 44.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 33,750  USD . The per capita income was $ 28,240. 8.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved February 6, 2013
  2. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on February 6, 2013

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