Hills, Minnesota
| Hills | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1890 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Rock county |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 32 ′ N , 96 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 686 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 490 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.4 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 453 m |
| Postal code : | 56138 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-29204 |
| GNIS ID : | 644996 |
| Website : | hillsmn.com |
| Mayor : | Keith Elbers |
Hills is a small town (with the status " City ") in Rock County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Hills had 686 residents.
geography
Hills is the southwesternmost community of Minnesota and is located on the Coteau des Prairies plateau, which extends to Iowa in the south and South Dakota in the west. The geographical coordinates of Hills are 43 ° 31'41 "north latitude and 96 ° 21'31" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 1.4 km².
Neighboring towns to Hills are Beaver Creek (11.9 km north), Luverne (14.5 km northeast), Steen (9.7 km east), Lester , Iowa (12.4 km south), Larchwood (14.7 km southwest), Valley Springs , South Dakota (14.7 km northwest), and Manley (12.9 km in the same direction).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (356 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (367 km in the same direction), Rochester (354 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (443 km southeast), Omaha , Nebraska (298 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (18 miles west), and Fargo , North Dakota (410 miles north).
traffic
Hills forms the western terminus of Minnesota State Route 270 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Marshall Subdivision , a regional subsidiary of the BNSF Railway, runs along the western edge of Hills .
The nearest airports are South Falls Regional Airport (37.4 km west-northwest), Eppley Airfield near Omaha (291 km south) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (349 km east-northeast).
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 398 | - | |
| 1920 | 418 | 5% | |
| 1930 | 407 | -2.6% | |
| 1940 | 450 | 10.6% | |
| 1950 | 520 | 15.6% | |
| 1960 | 516 | -0.8% | |
| 1970 | 571 | 10.7% | |
| 1980 | 598 | 4.7% | |
| 1990 | 607 | 1.5% | |
| 2000 | 565 | -6.9% | |
| 2010 | 686 | 21.4% | |
| 1910-2000 2010 | |||
The place was founded in 1890 when a railway line of the Sioux City and Northern Railroad reached the area. The place was named after Fredric C. Hills , the then president of the railway company.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Hills were home to 686 people in 263 households. The population density was 490 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.43 people lived in each of the 263 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians, 0.1 percent (one person) Polynesians and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 25.4 percent were 65 years or older. 52.0 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,875 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,370. 8.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 18, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 18, 2013
- ^ Hills, Minnesota. Retrieved June 18, 2013