Lac qui Parle County

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The Lac qui Parle County Courthouse in Madison, listed on NRHP No. 85001759 [1]
The Lac qui Parle County Courthouse in Madison, listed on NRHP No. 85001759
administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Madison
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
600 6th Street
Madison, MN 56256-1213
Foundation : November 7, 1871
Made up from: Redwood County
Area code : 001 320
Demographics
Residents : 7259  (2010)
Population density : 3.7 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 2015 km²
Water surface : 34 km²
map
Map of Lac qui Parle County within Minnesota
Website : www.lqpco.com

The Lac qui Parle County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 7,259 residents and a population density of 3.7 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Madison .

geography

The county is located in southwest Minnesota, borders South Dakota to the west and has an area of ​​2015 square kilometers, of which 34 square kilometers are water.

In the northeast, the county is bounded by the Minnesota River . The county is traversed by its right tributary, the eponymous Lac qui Parle River .

The following neighboring counties border Lac qui Parle County:

Grant County,
South Dakota 		Big Stone County Swift County
Compass card (de) .svg Chippewa County
Deuel County,
South Dakota 		Yellow Medicine County

history

The Lac qui Parle County was formed on November 7, 1871 from parts of Redwood County. The name comes from French and means "lake that speaks". There is a lake of the same name in the county, the Dakota name of which has been translated into French.

Nine structures and sites in the county are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (as of January 29, 2018).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 4891 -
1890 10,382 112.3%
1900 14,289 37.6%
1910 15,435 8th %
1920 15,554 0.8%
1930 15,398 -1 %
1940 15,509 0.7%
1950 14,545 -6.2%
1960 13,330 -8.4%
1970 11,164 -16.2%
1980 10,592 -5.1%
1990 8924 -15.7%
2000 8067 -9.6%
2010 7259 -10%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010
The Lac qui Parle River
Madison Carnegie Library , listed on the NRHP

According to the 2010 census , Lac qui Parle County had 7,259 people in 3,072 households. The population density was 3.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.32 people each in the 3,072 households.

The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

20.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.6 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 48,269  USD . The per capita income was $ 25,519. 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Lac qui Parle County

Citys

1 - mostly in Big Stone County

structure

The Lac qui Parle County is divided into seven cities * in 22 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Agassiz Township 103    27-00352
Arena Township 122    27-02062
Augusta Township 110    27-02800
Baxter Township 200    27-04060
Camp Release Township 315    27-09550
Cerro Gordo Township 197    27-10774
Freeland Township 102    27-22616
Garfield Township 145    27-23138
Hamlin Township 165    27-26774
Hantho Township 105    27-27044
Lac qui Parle Township 178    27-33848
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Lake Shore Township 191    27-34946
Madison Township 216    27-39284
Manfred Township 99    27-39788
Maxwell Township 179    27-41084
Mehurin Township 77    27-41516
Perry Township 101    27-50524
Providence Township 169    27-52702
Riverside Township 310    27-54646
Ten Mile Lake Township 153    27-64408
Walter Township 148    27-67882
Yellow Bank Township 159    27-72058

* The city of Ortonville is only a small part of Lac qui Parle County, which is within the Yellow Bank Township.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places.Retrieved March 13, 2011
  2. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659482. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Lac qui Parle County, MN ( July 13, 2011 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved May 7, 2013
  4. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved May 7, 2013
  5. ↑ Search mask database in the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed January 29, 2018.
  6. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  7. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  8. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

Commons : Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 45 ° 0 ′  N , 96 ° 11 ′  W