Marshall, Minnesota
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 Downtown Marshall |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Lyon County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 27 ′ N , 95 ° 47 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 13,680 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 523.9 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 26.11 km 2 (approx. 10 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 354 m |
| Postal code : | 56258 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-40688 |
| GNIS ID : | 647561 |
| Website : | marshallmn.com |
Marshall is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Lyon County in the southwest of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 , Marshall had 13,680 residents. Both Southwest Minnesota State University and the headquarters of the Schwan Food Company are located in Marshall. The city is named after former Minnesota Governor William Rainey Marshall .
geography
Marshall lies on both sides of the Redwood River at 44 ° 26'49 "north latitude and 95 ° 47'18" west longitude. The city extends over 26.11 km².
Neighboring towns to Marshall are Green Valley (11.3 km northeast), Milroy (13.4 km east), Russell (13.7 km southwest), Ghent, and Ghent (10.7 km northwest).
The closest major cities are Minneapolis (150 miles east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (252 km in the same direction), Rochester (316 km east-southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (144 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (326 km north-northwest).
traffic
US Highway 59 runs through Marshall and meets Minnesota State Routes 19 , 23, and 68 in the city . All other roads within Marshall are subordinate routes or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs parallel to the MN 23 .
The Southwest Minnesota Regional Airport is located in the west of the urban area of Marshall. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (238 km east-northeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 961 | - | |
| 1890 | 1203 | 25.2% | |
| 1900 | 2088 | 73.6% | |
| 1910 | 2152 | 3.1% | |
| 1920 | 3092 | 43.7% | |
| 1930 | 3250 | 5.1% | |
| 1940 | 4590 | 41.2% | |
| 1950 | 5923 | 29% | |
| 1960 | 6681 | 12.8% | |
| 1970 | 9886 | 48% | |
| 1980 | 11,161 | 12.9% | |
| 1990 | 12,023 | 7.7% | |
| 2000 | 12,735 | 5.9% | |
| 2010 | 13,680 | 7.4% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Marshall had 13,680 people in 5,394 households. The population density was 523.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically speaking, 2.36 people lived in each of the 5394 households.
According to skin color, the population was composed of 86.8 percent white, 4.0 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 3.0 percent Asian and 3.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were from two or more populations. Regardless of skin color, 7.8 percent of the population was Hispanic. According to parentage, Germans make up the largest group with 43.8%, furthermore 16.9% are Norwegians, 9.3% Irish, 6.0% Belgian, 5.5% British and 5.2% Swedes.
22.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population were female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,234 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,404. 18.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- John Ely Burchard (1898–1975) - architectural critic and historian
- Marvin Schwan - founder of the Schwan Food Company - German immigrant who lived and worked in Marshall
- Steve Zahn (* 1967) - actor - born in Marshall
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved March 4, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed March 4, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved February 28, 2013
