Grafton, North Dakota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | North Dakota |
| County : | Walsh County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 25 ′ N , 97 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 4,284 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 486.3 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.81 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 253 m |
| Postal code : | 58237 |
| Area code : | +1 701 |
| FIPS : | 38-31820 |
| GNIS ID : | 1029194 |
| Website : | www.graftongov.com |
| Mayor : | Chris West |
 The 1940 Art Deco style built Walsh County Courthous in Grafton, since 1985 NRHP listed |
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Grafton is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Walsh County in the US -amerikanischen State North Dakota . In 2010 Grafton had 4,284 residents.
geography
Grafton is located in eastern North Dakota, around 20 km west of the Red River of North , which forms the border with Minnesota . The geographical coordinates of Grafton are 48 ° 24'44 "north latitude and 97 ° 24'38" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 8.81 km².
Neighboring towns to Grafton are St. Thomas ( 14 miles north), Drayton (21 miles northeast), Minto (14.6 miles southeast), Forest River (17 miles southwest), Park River (16 miles west ) and Nash (13 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (193 km north), Duluth in Minnesota on Lake Superior (494 km east-southeast), Minneapolis in Minnesota (566 km southeast), Fargo (189 km southeast), Grand Forks (65, 4 km in the same direction) and North Dakota's capital Bismarck (428 km southwest).
The border with Canada is 74 km north.
traffic
16.8 km east of Grafton runs north-south on Interstate 29 , which is the shortest route from Winnipeg to Kansas City , Missouri . In the urban area of Grafton, US Highway 81, which runs in a north-south direction, crosses North Dakota Highway 17 . All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Several BNSF Railway lines meet in Grafton .
By Hutson Field Airport is located on the southeastern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Grand Forks International Airport (65.7 km south-southeast), Hector International Airport in Fargo (185 km in the same direction) and Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (196 km north).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 1594 | - | |
| 1900 | 2378 | 49.2% | |
| 1910 | 2229 | -6.3% | |
| 1920 | 2512 | 12.7% | |
| 1930 | 3136 | 24.8% | |
| 1940 | 4070 | 29.8% | |
| 1950 | 4901 | 20.4% | |
| 1960 | 5885 | 20.1% | |
| 1970 | 5946 | 1 % | |
| 1980 | 5293 | -11% | |
| 1990 | 4840 | -8.6% | |
| 2000 | 4516 | -6.7% | |
| 2010 | 4284 | -5.1% | |
| 2012 estimate | 4312 | 0.7% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 2012 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Grafton had 4,284 people in 1,776 households. The population density was 486.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in 1776 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 2.8 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 5.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 14.1 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,250 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,769. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Raymond William Lessard (1930–2016) - Bishop of Savannah - born in Grafton
- Barry Tallackson (* 1983) - ice hockey player, under contract with Eisbären Berlin since 2011 - born in Grafton
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85002992.Retrieved July 30, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 30, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 30, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - Hutson Field Airport Retrieved on July 30, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 30, 2013
- ↑ US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 30, 2013
- ^ Catholic-hierarchy.org - Raymond William Lessard. Retrieved July 30, 2013
- ↑ HockeyDB.com - Barry Tallackson Retrieved on July 30, 2013
