Red Lake Falls
| Red Lake Falls | |
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 Main street in the town center (2007) |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1881 (inc. 1898) |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Red Lake County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 53 ′ N , 96 ° 16 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,427 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 259.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) of which 5.5 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) are land |
| Height : | 316 m |
| Postal code : | 56750 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-53476 |
| GNIS ID : | 0649866 |
| Website : | www.redlakefalls.com |
| Mayor : | Kevin Harmoning |
 The Red Lake County Courthouse in Red Lake Falls, built in 1910, listed on the NRHP since 1983 |
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Red Lake Falls is a small town (with the status " City ") and administrative headquarters of the Red Lake County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Red Lake Falls had 1,427 residents.
geography
Red Lake Falls is located at the confluence of the Clearwater River and the Red Lake River . According to the United States Census Bureau , the place has an area of 5.5 km² , all of which is land.
The Minnesota State Route 32 is the main thoroughfare of the town, Minnesota State Route 92 passes close by.
history
Red Lake Falls was a branch of the North West Company as early as 1796 or 1797, making it one of the first European branches in what is now the state of Minnesota. The French-Canadian fur trader Jean Baptiste Cadotte , a son of the fur trader Alexander Henry , founded the trading post as part of a strategy to prevent the Hudson's Bay Company from entering the Red River Valley . The post was abandoned at the beginning of the 19th century when the British fur traders withdrew from the United States.
The surrounding area was reclaimed by settlers of French descent led by Pierre Bottineau . These had come from their interim stops in Ramsey and Hennepin Counties in 1876 with ox carts. These pioneers were supplemented in 1878 by a number of French-Canadian settlers from Upper Canada . The area developed into a wheat growing area. In 1878 Earnest Buse and his partner Otto Kankel founded a flour mill at the confluence of the two rivers.
The city flourished in the 1880s and 1890s when both the Northern Pacific Railroad and Great Northern Railway ran their railroads through the city - both lines have since been abandoned - and Red Lake County was split off from Polk County in 1896. Red Lake Falls became the county seat of the newly formed county. The largest population reached the city in 1900; it has been declining since then.
The last significant event in the village was the landing of Charles Lindberg with his wife on the nearby airfield on August 27, 1927 . The Lindbergs were on a journey through the Upper Midwest .
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 774 | - | |
| 1900 | 1885 | 143.5% | |
| 1910 | 1757 | -6.8% | |
| 1920 | 1549 | -11.8% | |
| 1930 | 1386 | -10.5% | |
| 1940 | 1530 | 10.4% | |
| 1950 | 1733 | 13.3% | |
| 1960 | 1520 | -12.3% | |
| 1970 | 1740 | 14.5% | |
| 1980 | 1732 | -0.5% | |
| 1990 | 1481 | -14.5% | |
| 2000 | 1590 | 7.4% | |
| 2010 | 1427 | -10.3% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Red Lake Falls had 1,427 people in 615 households. The population density was 259.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.27 people lived in each of the 615 households.
The racial the population was composed of 96.1 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.5 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Polynesian and 0.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.1 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.5 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 37,083 USD . The per capita income was $ 23,201. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
literature
- Red Lake County Historical Society, Inc., A History of Red Lake County (1976), pp. 108-138.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 83000941 Retrieved June 12, 2013
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 12, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 12, 2013
