Pembina, North Dakota

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Pembina
Center of Pembina
Center of Pembina
Location in North Dakota
Location of Pembina in Pembina County (left) and North Dakota (right)
Basic data
Foundation : 1877
State : United States
State : North Dakota
County : Pembina County
Coordinates : 48 ° 58 ′  N , 97 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 48 ° 58 ′  N , 97 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 592 (as of 2010)
Population density : 297.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 1.99 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 239 m
Postal code : 58271
Area code : +1 701
FIPS : 38-61580
GNIS ID : 1030666

Pembina is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pembina County in the US -amerikanischen State North Dakota . In 2010 Pembina had 592 inhabitants. The name of the city has its origins in the Indian word anepeminan sipi , which means "cranberry" ( large-fruited cranberry ) and was given to the place by the Chippewa because this plant grew in large numbers in the area.

geography

The Pembina River near Pembina

Pembina is located in the extreme northeast of North Dakota at the confluence of the Pembina River in the Red River of North , which forms the border with Minnesota . The geographical coordinates of Pembina are 48 ° 57'59 "north latitude and 97 ° 14'43" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​1.99 km².

Neighboring towns to Pembina are St. Vincent , Minnesota (on the opposite bank of the Red River), Humboldt , Minnesota (15.4 km southeast), Bathgate (27.7 km southwest), Neche (25.8 km west), Emerson in the Canadian province of Manitoba (8.4 km northeast) and Noyes , Minnesota (7.8 km northeast).

The closest major cities are Winnipeg , Manitoba (115 km north), Duluth , Minnesota on Lake Superior (533 km southeast), Grand Forks (123 km south), Fargo (246 km in the same direction), and North Dakota's capital, Bismarck (524 km southwest).

The border with Canada is 3 miles north.

traffic

Interstate 29 runs along the western outskirts of Pembina in a north-south direction and is the shortest connection from Winnipeg to Kansas City in Missouri . The US Highway 81 runs from the Canadian border in a southerly direction for a distance together with the I 29. The border crossing to Canada is located 5 km north of Pembina. On the northern edge of the city, the North Dakota Highway 59 runs in a west-east direction , which crosses the Red River in an easterly direction over a bridge towards Minnesota. There the name of the street changes to Minnesota State Route 171 . All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Pembina Municipal Airport there is a small airfield located 2.2 km south. The nearest major airports are Grand Forks International Airport (124 km south) and Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (118 km north).

population

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 287 -
1890 670 133.4%
1900 929 38.7%
1910 717 -22.8%
1920 802 11.9%
1930 551 -31.3%
1940 703 27.6%
1950 640 -9%
1960 625 -2.3%
1970 741 18.6%
1980 673 -9.2%
1990 642 -4.6%
2000 642 0%
2010 592 -7.8%
2012 estimate 580 -2%
1880-2000 2010 2012

According to the 2010 census , Pembina had 592 people in 237 households. The population density was 297.5 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.5 people lived in each of the 237 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.1 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 1.0 percent Asian and 1.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 14.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 65,000  USD . The per capita income was $ 29,728. 6.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved August 2, 2013
  2. Naming http://www.pembina.govoffice.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B8E987F94-7051-4F71-AF15-449A0D02C4B6%7D
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on August 2, 2013
  4. AirNav.com - Pembina Municipal Airport Accessed on August 2, 2013
  5. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved August 2, 2013
  6. US Census Bureau - Estimate for 2012 ( Memento of the original from October 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 2, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.census.gov

Web links

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