Motley, Minnesota

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Motley
Morrison County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Motley Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
Counties : Morrison County
Cass County
Coordinates : 46 ° 20 ′  N , 94 ° 39 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 20 ′  N , 94 ° 39 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 671 (as of 2010)
Population density : 188 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 3.57 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 375 m
Postal code : 56466
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-44422
GNIS ID : 648137
Website : www.cityofmotley.com
Mayor : Nancy Nieken

Motley is a small town with a status of " City " of the north-central US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . It is in Morrison County and a small part of Cass County . In 2010 Motley had 671 residents.

geography

Motley is about 2 km west of the confluence of the Long Prairie River in the Crow Wing River , a right tributary of the upper Mississippi . The place is located at 46 ° 20'12 "north latitude, 94 ° 38'46" west longitude and extends over 3.57 km².

Motley neighbors are Pillager (9.1 miles east) and Staples (7.5 miles west).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (207 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (225 km in the same direction), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (388 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (218 km east-southeast), and Fargo in North Dakota ( 187 km west-northwest).

The Canadian border is 302 km north.

traffic

As the main road, US Highway 10 runs through Motley and meets Minnesota State Route 64 at its southern end point and Minnesota State Route 210 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

In a west-east direction a railway line of the BNSF Railway runs through the urban area of ​​Motley.

By Morey's Airport is a small airport is located in the south of the urban area of Motley. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 230 km southeast .

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 525 -
1900 404 -23%
1910 428 5.9%
1920 396 -7.5%
1930 397 0.3%
1940 368 -7.3%
1950 435 18.2%
1960 430 -1.1%
1970 351 -18.4%
1980 444 26.5%
1990 441 -0.7%
2000 585 32.7%
2010 671 14.7%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Motley had 671 people in 305 households. The population density was 188 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.2 people lived in each of the 305 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.5 percent white, 0.1 percent (one person) African American, 0.4 percent Native American and 1.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.3 percent of the population.

23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.6 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was at 36,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,890. 25.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 7, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 8, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved April 8, 2013

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