Kerkhoven, Minnesota
| Kerkhoven | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1870 (founded) 1881 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Swift County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 12 ′ N , 95 ° 19 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 759 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 358 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 2.12 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 335 m |
| Postal code : | 56252 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-32876 |
| GNIS ID : | 646118 |
| Mayor : | Brian Thompson |
Kerkhoven is a small town (with the status " City ") in Swift County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Kerkhoven had 759 inhabitants.
geography
Kerkhoven is located in western Minnesota at 45 ° 11'35 "north latitude and 95 ° 19'14" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 2.12 km².
Neighboring places of Kerkhoven are Pennock (12.8 km southeast), Raymond (25.3 km south-southwest), Clara City (29.8 km south) and Murdock (6.7 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (176 km east), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (194 km in the same direction), Rochester (317 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (257 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (232 km north-northwest).
traffic
The US Highway 12 extends in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Kerkhoven. All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A BNSF Railway runs parallel to US 12 through the urban area of Kerkhoven.
The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (193 km east-southeast).
history
The then Pillsbury Township was first settled by whites in 1865. A town of the same name was laid out in the center of the township in 1870. The city was detached from the township in 1881 under the then name Pillsbury and incorporated as an independent municipality. Two years later the city was renamed after the entrepreneur Kerkhoven.
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 299 | - | |
| 1900 | 411 | 37.5% | |
| 1910 | 432 | 5.1% | |
| 1920 | 568 | 31.5% | |
| 1930 | 553 | -2.6% | |
| 1940 | 607 | 9.8% | |
| 1950 | 664 | 9.4% | |
| 1960 | 645 | -2.9% | |
| 1970 | 641 | -0.6% | |
| 1980 | 761 | 18.7% | |
| 1990 | 735 | -3.4% | |
| 2000 | 759 | 3.3% | |
| 2010 | 759 | 0% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , there were 759 people in 329 households in Kerkhoven. The population density was 358 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 329 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.1 percent white, 0.3 percent Native American and 2.5 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 12.3 percent of the population.
26.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.8 percent were 65 years or older. 50.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 32,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,913. 15.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 26, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 26, 2013
- ↑ LakesnWoods.com - Kerkhoven, Minnesota Retrieved on 26 June 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 26, 2013