Ortonville, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| Counties : |
Big Stone County Lac qui Parle County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 18 ′ N , 96 ° 27 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,916 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 207.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 9.22 km 2 (about 4 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 309 m |
| Postal code : | 56278 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-48706 |
| GNIS ID : | 649005 |
 Civil War Veterans Parade on July 4, 1880 |
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Ortonville is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Big Stone County in western US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . A small part of the urban area extends into Lac qui Parle County . In 2010 Ortonville had 1916 residents.
geography
Ortonville is located at the south end of Big Stone Lake , where its drain forms the beginning of the Minnesota River . The city is located at 45 ° 18'17 "north latitude and 96 ° 26'41" west longitude and extends over 9.22 km². Ortonville is mainly located in the Ortonville Township , but also extends to small parts in the Big Stone Township and the Yellow Bank Township of Lac qui Parle County. The western city limit is also the state line with South Dakota .
Neighboring places to Ortonville are Big Stone City in South Dakota (on the western city limits), Clinton (11.2 miles north) and Odessa (7.7 miles southeast).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (268 km east-southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (287 km in the same direction), Rochester (406 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (222 km south) and Fargo , North Dakota (188 km north).
traffic
In the southeast of the city, US Highway 12, which runs in a west-east direction, crosses US Highway 75, which runs from north to south . The Minnesota State Routes 7 , which runs along Big Stone Lake, runs as the main road through the center of Ortonville and leaves the city together with the US 75 in a southeast direction. All other roads within Marshall are subordinate routes or inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Twin Cities and Western Railroad runs through the city .
The Ortonville Municipal Airport is located in the east of the urban area of Ortonville. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (285 km east-southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 768 | - | |
| 1900 | 1247 | 62.4% | |
| 1910 | 1774 | 42.3% | |
| 1920 | 1758 | -0.9% | |
| 1930 | 2017 | 14.7% | |
| 1940 | 2469 | 22.4% | |
| 1950 | 2577 | 4.4% | |
| 1960 | 2674 | 3.8% | |
| 1970 | 2665 | -0.3% | |
| 1980 | 2550 | -4.3% | |
| 1990 | 2205 | -13.5% | |
| 2000 | 2158 | -2.1% | |
| 2010 | 1916 | -11.2% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Ortonville had 1,916 people in 884 households. The population density was 207.8 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.07 people lived in each of the 884 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.0 percent of the population.
19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.8 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 40,969 USD . The per capita income was $ 25,156. 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder , accessed March 30, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps , accessed on March 30, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census , accessed March 30, 2013
