Lancaster, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Kittson County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 51 ′ N , 96 ° 48 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 340 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 57 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.96 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 277 m |
| Postal code : | 56735 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-35378 |
| GNIS ID : | 646463 |
| Website : | www.lancastermn.org |
| Mayor : | Michael Olson |
Lancaster is a small town (with the status " City ") in Kittson County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Lancaster had 340 inhabitants.
geography
Lancaster is located in northwest Minnesota not far from the border with Canada in the north and North Dakota in the west. The place is at 48 ° 51'30 "north latitude, 96 ° 48'15" west longitude and extends over 5.96 km².
Neighboring towns of Lancaster are Lake Bronson (18.1 km southeast), Hallock (19.5 km southwest) and Humboldt (23.9 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (250 km south), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (131 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (489 km south-east) and Minneapolis (570 km south-south-east).
The Canadian border is 10 miles north.
traffic
The US Highway 59 comes from the north to Lancaster, leads as the main road through the town and leads to the southeast out again. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
In the northwest-southeast direction runs a railway line belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway SOO Line Railroad through Lancaster.
With the Hallock Municipal Airport is located 22.4 km southwest of Lancaster, a small regional airport. The nearest major airports are Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (138 km north), Hector International Airport in Fargo (250 km south) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (593 km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1910 | 204 | - | |
| 1920 | 354 | 73.5% | |
| 1930 | 456 | 28.8% | |
| 1940 | 473 | 3.7% | |
| 1950 | 536 | 13.3% | |
| 1960 | 462 | -13.8% | |
| 1970 | 382 | -17.3% | |
| 1980 | 368 | -3.7% | |
| 1990 | 342 | -7.1% | |
| 2000 | 363 | 6.1% | |
| 2010 | 340 | -6.3% | |
| 1910-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Lancaster had 340 people in 163 households. The population density was 57 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.09 people lived in each of the 163 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white and 0.6 percent (two people) Asian; 0.6 percent (two people) were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.5 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.2 percent were 65 years or older. 52.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 33,646 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,948. 7.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Daughters and Sons of Lancaster
- Ashlee Hewitt (* 1987), American singer-songwriter and actress; was born here and married here on March 10, 2012, Jessie Keith Whitley , the son of Keith Whitley and Lorrie Morgan
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 4, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 4, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 4, 2013