New Munich
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Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Minnesota | ||
| County : | Stearns County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 38 ′ N , 94 ° 45 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) | ||
| Residents : | 323 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 235.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 1.37 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) | ||
| Height : | 361 m | ||
| Postal code : | 56356 | ||
| FIPS : | 27-45772 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 648515 | ||
| Mayor : | Jim Poepping | ||
New Munich is a place with the status " City " in Stearns County in the US state Minnesota .
history
The settlement was founded around 1856 and received the status of a local authority on January 28, 1896. In 1859 a post office called Oak was built, in 1963 it was renamed New Munich. The name (= New Munich) was chosen after a hunter from Munich who spent several years with the first settlers. In the place was a Soo Line train station .
geography
New Munich is located east of the Sauk River, which only touches the local area in the extreme southwest. The place has an area of 1.37 km² and is at an average altitude of 361 m.
The place extends along Minnesota State Route 237, called Main Street in the place, via which the place is connected to Interstate 94 . In the south of the village, Sterns Country Road 30 crosses Main Street.
population
In the last census in 2010, New Munich had 320 inhabitants. In 2014 there were 323, of which 172 were men and 151 women. Almost 70% had German ancestors. The median age was 49.2 years (up from 37.7 for the state of Minnesota).
Population development
Trivia
- In New Munich there is an annual folk festival called Munichfest.
- In his book In Search of Lake Wobegon (2001) Garrison Keillor writes that he lived with his family near New Munich. It is one of the locations that served as the basis for his fictional Lake Wobegon village . He describes a most impressive church, probably modeled on the Immaculate Conception Church on Main Street.
Web links
- New Munich Minnesota Community Guide at www.lakesnwoods.com
Individual evidence
- ^ New Munich Minnesota Community Guide at www.lakesnwoods.com, section "History".
- ↑ US Gazetteer files 2010 . United States Census Bureau . Archived from the original on February 20, 2011. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
- ↑ 2010 Census Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File . In: American FactFinder . US Census Bureau, 2010 Census. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
- ^ New Munich, Minnesota at www.city-data.com, accessed July 25, 2016
- ↑ Munichfest on facebook
- ^ Garrison Keillor, In Search of Lake Wobegon (Studio, 2001), p. 19th