Princeton, Minnesota
| Princeton | |
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 The Princeton Great Northern Railway Depot, built in 1902 |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1855 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| Counties : |
Mille Lacs County Sherburne County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 34 ′ N , 93 ° 35 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 4,698 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 365.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 13.42 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) of which 12.85 km 2 (approx. 5 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 299 m |
| Postal code : | 55371 |
| Area code : | +1 763 |
| FIPS : | 27-52522 |
| GNIS ID : | 649738 |
| Website : | www.princetonmn.org |
| Mayor : | Paul Whitcomb |
 Built in 1872, Ephraim C. Gile House , since 1985 NRHP listed |
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Princeton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Mille Lacs and Sherburne County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Princeton had 4,698 residents.
geography
Princeton is located in northeast central Minnesota on the Rum River , a left tributary of the upper Mississippi . The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 34'12 "north latitude and 93 ° 34'54" west longitude. The city extends over 13.42 square kilometers, of which 0.57 square kilometers is water.
Princeton neighbors are Pease (17 km north-northwest) and Zimmerman (14.8 km south).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (81 km south-southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (95 km in the same direction), Duluth on Lake Superior (209 km northeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (407 km southwest), Fargo in North Dakota (324 km northwest) and Eau Claire , Wisconsin (224 km southeast).
traffic
The US Highway 169 runs north-south direction as a western bypass to the center of Princeton. Northwest of the center, US 169 is crossed by Minnesota State Route 95 . All other roads are subordinate country roads and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
Princeton Municipal Airport is a small regional airport in the southwest of the city . The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (104 km south-southeast).
history
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1880 | 587 | - | |
| 1890 | 816 | 39% | |
| 1900 | 1319 | 61.6% | |
| 1910 | 1555 | 17.9% | |
| 1920 | 1685 | 8.4% | |
| 1930 | 1636 | -2.9% | |
| 1940 | 1865 | 14% | |
| 1950 | 2108 | 13% | |
| 1960 | 2353 | 11.6% | |
| 1970 | 2531 | 7.6% | |
| 1980 | 3146 | 24.3% | |
| 1990 | 3719 | 18.2% | |
| 2000 | 3933 | 5.8% | |
| 2010 | 4698 | 19.5% | |
| 1880-2000 2010 | |||
White people first came to the area around what is now Princeton in 1847 and discovered vast pine forests. Shortly afterwards, the extraction of timber and its processing began.
In 1849 the first building was erected in what is now the city, which served as a resting place. Another building was erected in 1854 and became the home of A. B. Damon , the town's first permanent settler.
In 1855, Princeton was planned as a settlement area. It was named after the entrepreneur John S. Prince . In 1856 a sawmill and a forge was built and a post office was opened. A hotel was added in the same year.
In 1958, the ten southern townships of what is now Mille Lacs County, where Princeton was also known, were known as Monroe County . When what is now Mille Lacs County was formed in 1860, the seat of administration came to Princeton, where it remained until 1920.
In 1969 a second hotel was built. In 1870 Princeton had three retailers, two large hotels, two steam-powered sawmills, a flour mill, a law firm, two churches, a wagon builder, four blacksmiths, two shoemaker's shops, two carpentry shops, and the area's only post office. In 1873 the Princeton Appeal was the first newspaper to appear in Princeton.
1877 Princeton was separated from the surrounding Township and as Village of Princeton incorporated .
In 1886 Princeton was connected to the railroad network. The route of the Great Northern Railway ran from the Tin Cities to Duluth on Lake Superior .
By 1890, the city had become a center of agriculture alongside the previously formative timber industry. In particular, wheat and potato cultivation and their processing played an increasing role in Princeton and the surrounding area.
After 1889 Princeton became one of Minnesota's largest brickworks.
In 1908 a cooperative dairy was opened. From around 1920, the dairy industry became the city's main industry and continued to play that role until the late 1970s.
Various industrial companies settled in the 1980s. Furniture, metal and printing industries, as well as an alcohol distillery and various freight forwarders settled here.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Princeton had 4,698 people in 1,926 households. The population density was 366 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, there were 2.35 people each in the 1926 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.5 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.7 percent of the population.
24.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.4 percent were 65 years or older. 53.3 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 38,741 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,123. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters
- Rod Grams (1948–2013), politician, television presenter and entrepreneur
- Bob Backlund (born 1950), wrestler
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 85001907. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 24, 2013
- ↑ AirNav.com - KPNM Accessed on May 24, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 24, 2013
- ^ History of Princeton . Retrieved May 24, 2013
