Le Center
| Le Center | |
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| Nickname : Tree City USA | |
 Downtown Le Center |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1876 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Le Sueur County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 23 ′ N , 93 ° 44 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,499 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 639.1 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 3.91 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 323 m |
| Postal code : | 56057 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-36134 |
| GNIS ID : | 646552 |
| Website : | www.cityoflecenter.com |
| Mayor : | Josh Fredrickson |
 The Le Sueur County Courthouse (left) and the Le Sueur County Jail (right) in Le Center, jointly listed in the NRHP since 1981 |
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Le Center is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Le Sueur County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Le Center had 2,499 residents.
geography
Le Center is located in central southeast Minnesota at 44 ° 23'22 "north latitude and 93 ° 43'49" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 3.91 km².
Neighboring locations to Le Center are Montgomery (17.3 km northeast), Kilkenny (19.4 km southeast), Cleveland (12 km southwest) and Le Sueur (22 km northwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (102 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (107 km in the same direction), Rochester (132 km southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (347 km south), Omaha , Nebraska (493 km southwest) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (290 km west southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (431 km northwest).
traffic
The Minnesota State Route 99 leads as the main road through Le Center. On the eastern edge of the city at the confluence with the MN 99 is the southeast end point of Minnesota State Route 112 . All other roads within Le Center are subordinate routes or inner-city connecting roads.
The Le Sueur Municipal Airport is (20,5 km northwest) of the nearest airfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (100 km northeast).
history
In 1853, the then- Minnesota Territory Parliament decided to establish a number of new counties along the Minnesota River.
In the course of this, today's Le Sueur County was created. The main settlement areas of the new county were on the Minnesota River and most of the cities within the county that still exist today were founded in the 1850s, while the geographic center remained very sparsely populated.
The seat of the county administration was initially Le Sueur, the then largest and eponymous city within the county boundaries. Since this city was on the northwestern edge of the county, however, it was considered to position the county seat more centrally.
A group of business people bought land in the geographic center of the county and built a two-story building that could be used for county administration. A referendum in 1876 then decided in favor of the new county seat.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 73 | - | |
| 1890 | 169 | 131.5% | |
| 1900 | 478 | 182.8% | |
| 1910 | 741 | 55% | |
| 1920 | 863 | 16.5% | |
| 1930 | 948 | 9.8% | |
| 1940 | 1232 | 30% | |
| 1950 | 1314 | 6.7% | |
| 1960 | 1597 | 21.5% | |
| 1970 | 1890 | 18.3% | |
| 1980 | 1967 | 4.1% | |
| 1990 | 2006 | 2% | |
| 2000 | 2240 | 11.7% | |
| 2010 | 2499 | 11.6% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Le Center had 2,499 people in 915 households. The population density was 639.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.67 people lived in each of the 915 households.
The racial the population was composed of 89.2 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 1.4 percent Asian and 8.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 21.0 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
28.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 49.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was at 45,000 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,094. 19.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 81000682.Retrieved May 14, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 14, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 14, 2013
- ^ History of Le Center ( memento of October 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 14, 2013.
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 14, 2013
