Little Falls, Minnesota
| Little Falls | |
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| Nickname : Small Falls | |
 Downtown Little Falls |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1848 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Morrison County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 59 ′ N , 94 ° 22 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 8,343 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 445 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 20.15 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 18.75 km 2 (approx. 7 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 339 m |
| Postal code : | 56345 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-37556 |
| GNIS ID : | 646801 |
| Website : | www.cityoflittlefalls.com |
| Mayor : | Catherine VanRisseghem |
 The Morrison County Courthouse in Little Falls, built in 1891, listed on the NRHP since 1978 |
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Little Falls is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative center of the Morrison County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Little Falls had 8,343 residents.
Little Falls is the hometown of aviation pioneer Charles Lindbergh , who made the first solo crossing of the Atlantic from New York to Paris in 1927 without a stopover.
geography
Little Falls is located in the geographic center of Minnesota on both sides of the Upper Mississippi . The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 58'39 "north latitude and 94 ° 21'51" west longitude. The city extends over 20.15 km², which is spread over 18.75 km² of land and 1.4 km² of water.
Neighboring locations to Little Falls are Pierz (13.4 miles east), Royalton (11.7 miles southeast), Bowlus (13.1 miles southwest), Sobieski (11.9 km southwest), and Randall (17.1 km northwest) .
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (154 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (173 km in the same direction), Duluth on Lake Superior (234 km northeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (395 km southwest), Fargo in North Dakota (240 km northwest) and Eau Claire , Wisconsin (302 km southeast).
traffic
US Highway 10 and Minnesota State Routes 27 , 28 , 238 and 371 meet in Little Falls . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Several BNSF Railway lines meet in Little Falls .
With the Little Falls / Morrison County Airport is located off the southern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (177 km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 508 | - | |
| 1890 | 2354 | 363.4% | |
| 1900 | 5774 | 145.3% | |
| 1910 | 6078 | 5.3% | |
| 1920 | 5500 | -9.5% | |
| 1930 | 5014 | -8.8% | |
| 1940 | 6047 | 20.6% | |
| 1950 | 6717 | 11.1% | |
| 1960 | 7551 | 12.4% | |
| 1970 | 7467 | -1.1% | |
| 1980 | 7250 | -2.9% | |
| 1990 | 7232 | -0.2% | |
| 2000 | 7719 | 6.7% | |
| 2010 | 8343 | 8.1% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Little Falls had 8,343 people in 3,608 households. The population density was 445 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 3608 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.4 percent Native American, 0.5 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.
22.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.6 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 33,596 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,490. 24.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Victor Aloysius Meyers (1897–1991), born in Little Falls, musician, band leader and politician
- Charles Lindbergh (1902–1974), grew up in Little Falls, aviation pioneer
- Jim Langer (1948–2019), born and raised in Little Falls, professional footballer ( NFL )
- Louise Erdrich (* 1954), born in Little Falls, writer
- Brian Kobilka (* 1955), born and raised in Little Falls, biochemist and Nobel laureate in chemistry
- Ben Hanowski (* 1990), born in Little Falls, ice hockey player, among others in Augsburg and Cologne
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 78001552.Retrieved May 26, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 26, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 26, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - KLXL Accessed on May 26, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 26, 2013
