Mountain Iron
| Mountain Iron | |
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| Nickname : Taconite Capital of the World | |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1892 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | St. Louis County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 31 ′ N , 92 ° 36 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,869 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 16.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 184.69 km 2 (approx. 71 mi 2 ) of which 177.47 km 2 (approx. 69 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 452 m |
| Postal code : | 55768 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-44548 |
| GNIS ID : | 661972 |
| Website : | www.mtniron.com |
| Mayor : | Gary Skalko |
 Taconite mine in Mountain Iron |
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Iron Mountain is a small town (with the status " City ") in St. Louis County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Mountain Iron had 2869 inhabitants.
Mountain Iron is part of the Quad Cities Minnesota with the neighboring cities of Virginia , Eveleth and Gilbert .
The city calls itself the "Taconite Capital of the World" because of the taconite mined here , which is extracted in the local Minntac mine belonging to the United States Steel Corporation . The preprocessed ore is transported by rail to the port cities on the Upper Lake and from there by cargo ships to the steel locations in the Great Lakes area.
geography
Mountain Iron is located in northeast Minnesota on the Mesabi Range , not far from the border with Canada . The geographical coordinates of Mountain Iron are 47 ° 31'09 "north latitude and 92 ° 36'23" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 184.69 km², which is spread over 177.47 km² of land and 7.22 km² of water.
Neighboring locations to Mountain Iron are Virginia and Eveleth (on the eastern city limits), Gilbert (15.4 km east-southeast), Iron Junction (14.4 km south), Buhl (13.6 km west-southwest), and Kinney (12.2 km west).
The nearest major cities are Duluth on Lake Superior (109 km south-southeast), Minneapolis (321 km south-southwest), Fargo in North Dakota (363 km west), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (526 km northwest) and Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in the Canadian province of Ontario (348 km east-northeast).
The Canadian border is 163 km north.
traffic
The US Highway 53 and here running on the same route Minnesota State Route 169 form the eastern city limits. The US Highway 169 leads from its northern end point in the neighboring city of Virginia as the main road in the city through the south of the urban area of Mountain Iron. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Canadian National Railway (CN) belonging Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway runs through the western urban area of Mountain Iron from the Taconite mine to the port cities of Duluth and Two Harbors on Lake Superior. Along the eastern city limits runs a route of the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway , also belonging to the CN , on which other freight is transported.
The nearest airports are Range Regional Airport in Hibbing (36 km southwest) and Duluth International Airport (103 km south-southeast). The nearest major airports are Thunder Bay International Airport (344 km west-northwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (328 km south-southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 470 | - | |
| 1910 | 1343 | 185.7% | |
| 1920 | 1546 | 15.1% | |
| 1930 | 1349 | -12.7% | |
| 1940 | 1492 | 10.6% | |
| 1950 | 1377 | -7.7% | |
| 1960 | 1808 | 31.3% | |
| 1970 | 1698 | -6.1% | |
| 1980 | 4134 | 143.5% | |
| 1990 | 3362 | -18.7% | |
| 2000 | 2999 | -10.8% | |
| 2010 | 2869 | -4.3% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Mountain Iron had 2,869 people in 1,336 households. The population density was 184.69 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in each of the 1336 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.8 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 2.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.6 percent of the population.
20.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 61.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.4 percent were 65 years or older. 50.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,147 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,085. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 22, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 22, 2013
- ↑ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 22, 2013
