Mountain Lake (Town, Minnesota)
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1886 (incorporated) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Cottonwood County |
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 56 ′ N , 94 ° 56 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,104 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 524.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 4.01 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 397 m |
| Postal code : | 56159 |
| Area code : | +1 507 |
| FIPS : | 27-44566 |
| GNIS ID : | 648194 |
| Website : | www.mountainlakemn.com |
| Mayor : | Dean Janzen |
 The Isaac Bargen House in Montain Lake, listed on the NRHP since 1986 |
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Mountain Lake is a small town (with the status " City ") in the Cottonwood County of middle-Southwest US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Mountain Lake had 2,104 residents.
geography
Mountain Lake is located on Mountain Lake , a small lake on the northwestern outskirts. The city is located at 43 ° 56'20 "north latitude and 94 ° 55'47" west longitude and extends over 4.01 km².
Neighboring towns to Mountain Lake are Comfrey (13 miles north), Darfur ( 12 miles northeast), Butterfield (8 miles east), Odin (14 miles southeast), and Bingham Lake (6.5 miles southwest ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (216 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (230 km in the same direction), Rochester (225 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (385 km southeast), Omaha in Nebraska (375 km southwest) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (163 km west-southwest), and Fargo , North Dakota (412 km north-northwest).
traffic
In a west-east direction, the Minnesota State Route 60 runs as the main road through the city area. A bypass road for long-distance traffic runs along the southern outskirts of the city on the MN 60. All other roads within North Mankato are subordinate roads or inner-city connecting roads.
A Union Pacific Railroad line runs parallel to the MN 60 through downtown Montain Lake.
The Windom Municipal Airport is located 15.8 km west-southwest of Mountain Lake. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (211 km northeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 323 | - | |
| 1900 | 959 | 196.9% | |
| 1910 | 1081 | 12.7% | |
| 1920 | 1309 | 21.1% | |
| 1930 | 1388 | 6% | |
| 1940 | 1745 | 25.7% | |
| 1950 | 1733 | -0.7% | |
| 1960 | 1943 | 12.1% | |
| 1970 | 1986 | 2.2% | |
| 1980 | 2277 | 14.7% | |
| 1990 | 1906 | -16.3% | |
| 2000 | 2082 | 9.2% | |
| 2010 | 2104 | 1.1% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Mountain Lake had 2,104 people in 829 households. The population density was 524.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.48 people lived in each of the 829 households.
The racial the population was composed of 82.8 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 10.3 percent Asian, 0.1 percent Polynesian and 3.9 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 10.7 percent of the population regardless of ethnicity.
27.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 47,350 USD . The per capita income was $ 18,558. 6.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 86001285.Retrieved April 18, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 18, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on April 18, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved April 18, 2013