Morris (Minnesota)
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1871 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Stevens County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 35 ′ N , 95 ° 55 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 5,286 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 406.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 345 m |
| Postal code : | 56267 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-44242 |
| GNIS ID : | 648116 |
| Website : | www.ci.morris.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Sheldon Giese |
.jpg) The Morris Carnegie Library , now the museum of the Stevens County Historical Society ; Listed in the NRHP since 1983 |
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Morris is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Stevens County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Morris had 5286 residents.
In Morris, the University of Minnesota Morris is a campus of the University of Minnesota system with around 1900 students.
geography
Morris is located in western Minnesota on the right bank of the Pomme de Terre River , a left tributary of the Minnesota River that flows into the Mississippi . The geographical coordinates of Morris are 45 ° 35'10 "north latitude and 95 ° 54'50" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 13 km².
Morris' neighbors are Cyrus (9 miles east), Hancock (9 miles southeast), Alberta (12 miles west), and Donnelly (8.3 miles northwest).
The nearest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (166 km northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (381 km northeast), Minneapolis (243 km east-southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (265 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls , South Dakota (275 km south-southwest).
traffic
The US Highway 59 leads as eastern tangent at the center of Morris over. The Minnesota State Route 9 runs in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through town, crossing the center on two staggered junctions the Minnesota State Route 28 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
Two BNSF Railway lines meet in the urban area of Morris .
With the Morris Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 3.5 miles west-southwest of Morris. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (260 km east-southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 748 | - | |
| 1890 | 1266 | 69.3% | |
| 1900 | 1934 | 52.8% | |
| 1910 | 1685 | -12.9% | |
| 1920 | 2320 | 37.7% | |
| 1930 | 2474 | 6.6% | |
| 1940 | 3214 | 29.9% | |
| 1950 | 3811 | 18.6% | |
| 1960 | 4199 | 10.2% | |
| 1970 | 5366 | 27.8% | |
| 1980 | 5367 | 0% | |
| 1990 | 5613 | 4.6% | |
| 2000 | 5068 | -9.7% | |
| 2010 | 5286 | 4.3% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Morris lived in 5,286 people in 1986 households. The population density was 406.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.23 people each in the 1986 households.
The racial the population was composed of 90.9 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 2.5 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.2 percent of the population.
17.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 66.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.1 percent were 65 years or older. 53.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,114 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,679. 21.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Aaron Schock (* 1981), politician
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 83000943 Retrieved June 24, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 24, 2013
- ^ University of Minnesota Morris. Retrieved June 24, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 24, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - KMOX Retrieved on June 24, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 24, 2013