Kasota
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 Location in county and Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Le Sueur County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 17 ′ N , 93 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 680 (as of: 2000) |
| Population density : | 261.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of which 2.6 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 246 m |
| Postal code : | 56050 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-32462 |
| GNIS ID : | 0646046 |
 Damage from the tornado outbreak in 2006 |
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Kasota is a city in Le Sueur County in Minnesota , United States . In 2000, the town , which was declared a city , had 680 inhabitants.
geography
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has an area of 2.6 km² , all of which is land.
Minnesota State Route 22 is the town's main drag. The US Highway 169 runs nearby.
history
The first settler in Kasota and thus in all of today's La Sueur County was Rueben Buetters in 1851. JW Babcock founded the city; it is the only significant settlement in Kasota Township .
Babcock was also the one who first quarried and sold limestone in and around Kasota. The Babcock Stone Company was the most important venture in the town's early history and the relationship between Babcock and the town was not always rosy. When Babcock decided to retreat outside the city limits, the city forced him to fill the quarry. This led to the creation of the park in the city center.
The Babcock Stone Company went bankrupt in the early 1950s and in 1953 the Babcocks quarries were taken over by the Vetter Stone Company, which is located in nearby Mankato . On the former premises in Kasota there is now a company that manufactures gates and doors for industrial companies.
Kasota limestone was used to clad the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC.
Kasota - in the Dakota language that means "clear sky" - was the name of an iron ore steamer built from wood on the Great Lakes in 1884 . This sank after the collision with the passenger ship The City of Detroit on the Detroit River in July 1890. The Kasota was lifted and in 1892 put back into service.
The USS Kasota was a United States Navy tug that was in service from 1944 to 1961.
Demographics
At the time of the United States Census 2000, Kasota 680 people lived in the city. The population density was 260.0 people per km ². There were 279 housing units at an average of 106.7 per km ². The Kasota population was 95.59% White , 0.74% Black or African American , 2.06% Native American , 0.15% Asian , 0.15% said they were racial , and 1.32% said they were racially different two or more races. 0.88% of the population declared to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The residents of Kasota were distributed to 275 households out of which 34.2% had children under 18 years of age. 49.5% of households were married, 15.3% had a female head of the household without a husband and 28.4% were not families. 21.1% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 8.4% of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 2.81 people.
The urban population was divided into 26.2% minors, 9.0% 18–24 year olds, 27.9% 25–44 year olds, 27.4% 45–64 year olds and 9.6% aged 65 and over or more. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 women there were 101.8 men. For every 100 women over the age of 18, there were 94.6 men.
The median household income in Kasota was 39,097 US dollars, and the median family income reached the level of 43,750 US dollars. The median income for men was $ 30,300, compared with $ 21,711 for women. The per capita income in Kasota was $ 17,503. 7.8% of the population and 6.6% of families had an income below the poverty line , including 10.6% of minors and 16.9% of those aged 65 and over.
Individual evidence
- ^ William G. Gresham (ed.): History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties, Minnesota. Their people. industries, and institutions, Volume 1: County histories . University Press, Madison, Wisc. 2012 (2 vols .; unchanged reprint by EA Indianapolis, Ind. 1916).