Glenwood, Minnesota

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Glenwood
Pope County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Glenwood Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Pope County
Coordinates : 45 ° 39 ′  N , 95 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 39 ′  N , 95 ° 23 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,564 (as of 2010)
Population density : 168.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 15.18 km 2  (approx. 6 mi 2 )
Height : 353 m
Postal code : 56334
Area code : +1 320
FIPS : 27-24074
GNIS ID : 644185
Mayor : Bill Ogdahl
2013-0408-PopeCtyCourthouse.jpg
The Pope County Courthouse in Glenwood, built in 1930, listed on the NRHP since 1982

Glenwood is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Pope County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Glenwood had 2564 residents.

geography

Glenwood is located in west central Minnesota on the northeastern shore of Lake Minnewaska . The geographical coordinates of Glenwood are 45 ° 39'02 "north latitude and 95 ° 22'59" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​15.18 km².

Neighboring towns to Glenwood are Forada ( 12 miles north), Villard ( 9 miles northeast), Sedan (9 miles southeast), Long Beach (on the western edge of town on the lakefront), Starbuck (8.5 miles west southwest) and Lowry (14.3 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (193 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (336 km northeast), Minneapolis (196 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (215 km in the same direction), and Sioux Falls , South Dakota (314 km south-southwest).

traffic

Minnesota State Routes 28 , 29 , 55, and 104 meet in the Glenwood metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate, partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

In the northwest-southeast direction runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the urban area of ​​Glenwood.

With the Glenwood Municipal Airport there is a small airfield in the east of the urban area of ​​Glenwood. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (216 km southeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 627 -
1900 1116 78%
1910 2161 93.6%
1920 2187 1.2%
1930 2220 1.5%
1940 2564 15.5%
1950 2666 4%
1960 2631 -1.3%
1970 2584 -1.8%
1980 2523 -2.4%
1990 2573 2%
2000 2594 0.8%
2010 2564 -1.2%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Glenwood had 2,564 people in 1,185 households. The population density was 168.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.08 people lived in each of the 1185 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.2 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.1 percent (two people) from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

21.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.2 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 35,699  USD . The per capita income was $ 23,371. 11.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 82002997.Retrieved June 12, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 12, 2013
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 12, 2013
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - GHW Retrieved on June 12, 2013
  5. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 12, 2013
  6. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Frank Eddy.Retrieved June 12, 2013
  7. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Henrik Shipstead.Retrieved June 12, 2013

Web links

Commons : Glenwood, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files