Lonsdale, Minnesota

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Lonsdale
Lonsdale town center
Lonsdale town center
Location in Minnesota
Rice County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Lonsdale Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1903
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Rice County
Coordinates : 44 ° 29 ′  N , 93 ° 26 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 29 ′  N , 93 ° 26 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 3,674 (as of 2010)
Population density : 512.4 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 7.17 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 333 m
Postal code : 55046
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-38150
GNIS ID : 647154
Website : www.lonsdale.govoffice.com
Mayor : Tim Rud

Lonsdale is a small town (with the status " City ") in Rice County of middle-southeast US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Lonsdale had 3,674 inhabitants.

Lonsdale is part of the CSA (Combined Statistical Area) Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud , the expanded Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .

geography

Lonsdale is just south of the Twin Cities at 44 ° 28'49 "north latitude and 93 ° 25'43" west longitude. The city extends over 7.17 km².

Neighboring towns to Lonsdale are Veseli (5.9 km northwest), New Prague (18.5 km northwest), Elko New Market (17.9 km northeast), Northfield (14.6 km east) and Montgomery (16.6 km south-southwest).

The center of Minneapolis is located 70.7 kilometers north; the center of Saint Paul , the capital of Minnesota, is 75 km northeast. Rochester , Minnesota's third largest city, is 122 km southeast.

traffic

Interstate 35 , which runs north-south from Minneapolis to Des Moines , Iowa , runs around 8 km east . The Minnesota State Route 19 leads as the main street in east-west direction by Lonsdale. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

The nearest airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 65.2 km northeast .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1910 271 -
1920 459 69.4%
1930 508 10.7%
1940 545 7.3%
1950 510 -6.4%
1960 541 6.1%
1970 622 15%
1980 1160 86.5%
1990 1252 7.9%
2000 1491 19.1%
2010 3674 146.4%
1910-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Lonsdale had 3,674 people in 1,277 households. The population density was 512.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.87 people in each of the 1277 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.3 percent Polynesian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.4 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.

34.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 4.9 percent were 65 years or older. 48.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 68,718  USD . The per capita income was $ 27,627. 2.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

sons and daughters of the town

  • Anita Smisek (* 1941), music publisher, pianist and organist

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 21, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on March 21, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved March 21, 2013

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