Hillsboro, North Dakota

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Hillsboro
The 1905 Beaux Arts style built Traill County Courthouse, listed in the NRHP since 1980 [1]
The 1905 Beaux-Arts established style Traill County Courthouse , since 1980 NRHP listed
Location in North Dakota
ND Traill County Hillsboro.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1880
State : United States
State : North Dakota
County : Traill County
Coordinates : 47 ° 24 ′  N , 97 ° 4 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 24 ′  N , 97 ° 4 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,603 (as of 2010)
Population density : 568.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.82 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 276 m
Postal code : 58045
Area code : +1 701
FIPS : 38-38100
GNIS ID : 1029457
Website : hillsborond.com
Mayor : Kevin Burg

Hillsboro is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Traill County in the US -amerikanischen State North Dakota . In 2010 Hillsboro had 1603 residents.

geography

Hillsboro is located in eastern North Dakota on the Goose River . A few kilometers east this flows into the Red River of the North , which forms the border with Minnesota . The geographical coordinates of Hillsboro are 47 ° 24'14 "north latitude and 97 ° 03'43" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​2.82 km².

The city is halfway between the centers of Grand Forks (64.5 km north) and Fargo (67.6 km south). Hillsboro neighbors are Cummings (8.2 miles north), Caledonia (19.7 miles northeast), Halstad in Minnesota (14.3 miles east-southeast), Grandin (20.7 miles southeast), Blanchard (11.9 miles southwest ) and Mayville (29.7 km northwest).

The closest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (294 km north), Duluth in Minnesota on Lake Superior (434 km east), Minneapolis in Minnesota (444 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (454 km south) and North Dakota's capital Bismarck (353 km west-southwest).

The Canadian border is 183 km north.

traffic

Interstate 29 runs through the west of Hillsboro in a north-south direction and is the shortest connection from Winnipeg to Kansas City in Missouri . At the same time, the North Dakota Highway 200 runs as the main road through the center of the city. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A railway line of the BNSF Railway runs parallel to I 29 through the urban area of ​​Hillsboro. On the BNSF track runs and the Empire Builder from Amtrak non-stop through the city.

With the Hillsboro Municipal Airport is located 7.5 km south, a small airfield. The nearest regional airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (63.3 km south) and Grand Forks International Airport (68.7 km north).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 715 -
1900 1172 63.9%
1910 1237 5.5%
1920 1183 -4.4%
1930 1317 11.3%
1940 1338 1.6%
1950 1331 -0.5%
1960 1278 -4%
1970 1309 2.4%
1980 1600 22.2%
1990 1488 -7%
2000 1563 5%
2010 1603 2.6%
2012 estimate 1602 -0.1%
1890-2000 2010 2012

Hillsboro had 1,603 people in 687 households according to the 2010 census . The population density was 568.4 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.28 people lived in each of the 687 households.

The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent white, 0.1 percent (two people) African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 5.5 percent of the population.

25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 43,629  USD . The per capita income was $ 20,791. 8.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80002928. Retrieved July 22, 2013
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 22, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on July 22, 2013
  4. AirNav.com - Hillsboro Municipal Airport Retrieved on July 22, 2013
  5. US Decennial Census.Retrieved July 22, 2013
  6. 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 22, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov
  7. ^ National Governors Association - Elmore Yocum Sarles.Retrieved July 22, 2013

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