Milaca
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![Milaca Municipal Hall, the former town hall built from fieldstone in 1936; today a museum and listed in the NRHP since 1985 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Milaca_City_Hall_2.jpg) Milaca Municipal Hall , the former town hall built from fieldstone in 1936; today a museum and listed in the NRHP since 1985 |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Mille Lacs County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 93 ° 39 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,946 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 354.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 8.83 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.31 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 329 m |
| Postal code : | 56353 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-42110 |
| GNIS ID : | 647836 |
| Website : | www.cityofmilaca.org |
| Mayor : | Pete Pedersen |
 The Mille Lacs County Courthouse in Milaca, built in 1923, listed in the NRHP since 1977 |
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Milaca is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Mille Lacs County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Milaca had 2946 inhabitants.
geography
Milaca is located in northeastern central Minnesota on the Rum River , a left tributary of the upper Mississippi . The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 45'24 "north latitude and 93 ° 39'05" west longitude. The city extends over 8.83 km², which is spread over 8.31 km² of land and 0.52 km² of water.
Neighboring places of Milaca are Onamia (35.6 km north), Bock (8.7 km northeast), Pease (7.3 km south) and Foreston (5.5 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (103 km south-southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (117 km in the same direction), Duluth on Lake Superior (186 km northeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (401 km southwest), Fargo in North Dakota (313 km northwest) and Eau Claire , Wisconsin (246 km southeast).
traffic
The US Highway 169 runs in a north-south direction as the eastern ring road of the outskirts of Milaca. Minnesota State Route 23 runs through the center of the city and crosses US 169 on the eastern edge of the city. All other roads are subordinate country roads and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
Milaca Municipal Airport is a small regional airport in the north-eastern part of the city . The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (126 km south-southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 404 | - | |
| 1900 | 1204 | 198% | |
| 1910 | 1102 | -8.5% | |
| 1920 | 1347 | 22.2% | |
| 1930 | 1318 | -2.2% | |
| 1940 | 1627 | 23.4% | |
| 1950 | 1917 | 17.8% | |
| 1960 | 1821 | -5% | |
| 1970 | 1940 | 6.5% | |
| 1980 | 2104 | 8.5% | |
| 1990 | 2182 | 3.7% | |
| 2000 | 2580 | 18.2% | |
| 2010 | 2946 | 14.2% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Milaca had 2946 people in 1308 households. The population density was 354.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.12 people lived in each of the 1308 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 1.4 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
21.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 34,978 USD . The per capita income was $ 21,717. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Belle Bennett (1891–1932) - actress - born in Milaca
- John H. Burke (1894–1951) - member of the US House of Representatives - lived in Milaca as a child
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85002201. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 77000756. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 24, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - 18Y Accessed on May 24, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ^ Internet Movie Database - Belle Bennett. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - John Harley Burke.Retrieved May 24, 2013
