Gibbon (Minnesota)

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gibbon
The Gibbon Village Hall in Gibbon, built in 1895, listed in the NRHP since 1982 [1]
The Gibbon Village Hall in Gibbon, built in 1895, listed in the NRHP since 1982
Location in Minnesota
Sibley County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Gibbon Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1887
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Sibley County
Coordinates : 44 ° 32 ′  N , 94 ° 32 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 32 ′  N , 94 ° 32 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 772 (as of 2010)
Population density : 338.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.28 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 320 m
Postal code : 55335
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-23678
GNIS ID : 644116
Website : www.cityofgibbon.com
Mayor : Jeff Gatton

Gibbon is a small town (with the status " City ") in Sibley County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Gibbon had 772 residents.

geography

Gibbon is located in south central Minnesota, not far from the left bank of the Minnesota River . The geographical coordinates of Gibbon are 44 ° 32'02 "north latitude and 94 ° 31'35" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​2.28 km².

Neighboring towns to Gibbon are Stewart (16 miles north), Winthrop (8.2 miles east), Lafayette (12 miles southeast), Fairfax (9.8 miles west), and Buffalo Lake (18.4 miles northwest) .

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (138 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (150 km in the same direction), Rochester (213 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (425 km south), Omaha in Nebraska (463 km south-southwest) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (252 km southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (370 km northwest).

traffic

The Minnesota State Route 19 leads in west-east direction as the main road through the city of Gibbon. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the Minnesota Prairie Line runs parallel to MN 19 through Gibbon, a regional ( Class III ) railway company.

The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (130 km east-northeast).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Gibbon lived in 772 people in 353 households. The population density was 338.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.19 people lived in each of the 353 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.5 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 0.3 percent Asian and 2.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.4 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

22.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.9 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,250  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,804. 10.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82003036. Retrieved June 20, 2013
  2. ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 20, 2013
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 20, 2013

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