Long prairie
| Long prairie | |
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 Center of Long Prairie |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1867 (founded) 1883 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Todd County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 58 ′ N , 94 ° 52 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 3,458 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 499.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.92 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 394 m |
| Postal code : | 56347 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-38060 |
| GNIS ID : | 647139 |
| Website : | www.longprairie.net |
| Mayor : | Don Rasmussen |
 The 1883 brick built Todd County Courthouse in Long Prairie, since 1985 NRHP listed |
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Long Prairie is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Todd County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Long Prairie had a population of 3,458.
geography
Long Prairie is located in central Minnesota on the Long Prairie River , a tributary of the Crow Wing River which flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Long Prairie are 45 ° 58'29 "north latitude and 94 ° 51'56" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 6.92 km².
Neighboring towns to Long Prairie are Browerville (12.6 km north), Swanville (13.4 km east-southeast), Gray Eagle (15 miles southeast), Sauk Center (29 km south-southwest), and Osakis (30.4 km southwest).
The closest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (208 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (273 km east northeast), Minneapolis (197 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (211 km in the same direction), and Sioux Falls in South Dakota (355 km southwest).
The Canadian border is 377 km north.
traffic
As the main road, US Highway 71 runs through Long Prairie and meets Minnesota State Routes 27 and Minnesota State Routes 287 at their northern end point. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
By Todd Field Airport to the city center is 9 km south of a small airfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 216 km southeast .
history
After the region belonged to an Indian reservation of the Winnebago from 1846 to 1855 , the Long Prairie Township was established in 1867. In the same year, today's city was built in its center, which was detached from the township in 1883 and incorporated as the Village of Long Prairie . The settlement was named after the Long Prairie River, which flows through the entire county from south to north.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 1885 | - | |
| 1910 | 1250 | -33.7% | |
| 1920 | 1346 | 7.7% | |
| 1930 | 1854 | 37.7% | |
| 1940 | 2311 | 24.6% | |
| 1950 | 2443 | 5.7% | |
| 1960 | 2414 | -1.2% | |
| 1970 | 2416 | 0.1% | |
| 1980 | 2859 | 18.3% | |
| 1990 | 2786 | -2.6% | |
| 2000 | 3040 | 9.1% | |
| 2010 | 3458 | 13.8% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Long Prairie had 3,458 people in 1,290 households. The population density was 499.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.58 people lived in each of the 1290 households.
The racial the population was composed of 81.8 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian, 1.2 percent Polynesian and 12.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 29.9 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
27.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.0 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 35,979 USD . The per capita income was $ 19,342. 14.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85001986 Retrieved June 27, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 27, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 27, 2013
- ↑ LakesnWoods.com - Long Prairie, Minnesota Retrieved on June 27, 2013
- ↑ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 27, 2013
