Morgan, Minnesota

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Morgan
Redwood County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Morgan Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Redwood County
Coordinates : 44 ° 25 ′  N , 94 ° 56 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 25 ′  N , 94 ° 56 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 896 (as of 2010)
Population density : 631 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.42 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 318 m
Postal code : 56266
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-44116
GNIS ID : 648109

Morgan is a small town (with the status " City ") in Redwood County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Morgan had 896 residents.

geography

Morgan is located in southwest Minnesota at 44 ° 25'01 "north latitude and 94 ° 55'32" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​1.42 km².

Neighboring towns to Morgan are Franklin ( 10 miles northeast), Evan (10.1 miles southeast), Clements (8.5 miles southwest), Redwood Falls (13.5 miles northwest), and Morton (12 miles northwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (182 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (187 km in the same direction), Rochester (220 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (427 km south-southeast), Omaha in Nebraska (423 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (216 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (353 km northwest).

traffic

Minnesota State Routes 67 and 68 meet in Morgan . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

The Redwood Falls Municipal Airport is located 19.9 km northwest of Morgan. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (173 km east-northeast).

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Morgan had 896 people in 373 households. The population density was 631 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.31 people lived in each of the 373 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.8 percent white, 2.5 percent Native American and 0.2 percent Asian; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.8 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 50.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 41,196  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,954. 14.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 13, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 13, 2013

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