Gaylord, Minnesota

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Gaylord
Center of Gaylord
Center of Gaylord
Location in Minnesota
Sibley County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Gaylord Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Sibley County
Coordinates : 44 ° 33 ′  N , 94 ° 13 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 33 ′  N , 94 ° 13 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,305 (as of 2010)
Population density : 562.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.1 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 309 m
Postal code : 55334
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-23300
GNIS ID : 0644060
Website : exploregaylord.org
Mayor : Don Boeder
2013-0415-SibleyCtyCourthouse.jpg
The 1916 after the relocation of the administrative headquarters built Sibley County Courthouse in Gaylord, since 1988 NRHP listed

Gaylord is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Sibley County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Gaylord had 2305 inhabitants.

geography

Gaylord is located in central southern Minnesota on the southern bank of Titlow Lake , the source lake of the northern branch of the Rush River which flows into the Minnesota River . The geographical coordinates of Gaylord are 44 ° 33'11 "north latitude and 94 ° 13'13" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​4.1 km².

Neighboring towns to Gaylord are New Auburn (14 km north), Arlington (12.7 km northeast), Henderson (16.1 km east), Lafayette (25.2 km southwest), and Winthrop (12.5 km west).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (106 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (118 km in the same direction), Rochester (183 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (394 km south), Omaha in Nebraska (491 km south-southwest) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (284 km southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (384 km northwest).

traffic

Minnesota State Routes 5 , 19, and 22 meet in the Gaylord metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the Minnesota Prairie Line , a regional ( Class III ) railway company , runs through Gaylord in a northeast-southwest direction .

The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (104 km east-northeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 387 -
1900 608 57.1%
1910 610 0.3%
1920 783 28.4%
1930 812 3.7%
1940 1049 29.2%
1950 1229 17.2%
1960 1631 32.7%
1970 1720 5.5%
1980 1933 12.4%
1990 1935 0.1%
2000 2279 17.8%
2010 2305 1.1%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Gaylord had 2,305 people in 929 households. The population density was 562.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.42 people lived in each of the 929 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.6 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 1.2 percent Asian and 9.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 23.0 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

27.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.8 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 39,063  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,289. 18.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 88003071.Retrieved June 20, 2013
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 20, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 20, 2013
  4. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 20, 2013

Web links

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