Red Wing (Minnesota)
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 View of downtown Red Wing; left in the background the Mississippi |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1857 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Goodhue County |
| Coordinates : | 44 ° 34 ′ N , 92 ° 32 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 16,459 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 179.5 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 107.1 km 2 (approx. 41 mi 2 ) of which 91.7 km 2 (approx. 35 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 226 m |
| Postal code : | 55066 |
| Area code : | +1 651 |
| FIPS : | 27-53620 |
| GNIS ID : | 0649885 |
| Website : | www.red-wing.org |
| Mayor : | Donna stupid |
 Goodhue County Courthouse in Red Wing |
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Red Wing is a city and administrative seat of Goodhue County in eastern US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota on the Mississippi River , the border with Wisconsin is. Red Wing had a population of 16,459 at the 2010 census .
The city is located in the southeast of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area .
The National Trust for Historic Preservation added Red Wing to its list of iconic places to visit in 2008. Red Wing was added to the list for its "impressive architecture and enviable natural environment". Only twelve locations are considered annually by this body. The east end of the Cannon Valley Trail is in Red Wing. The Prairie Island Indian Reservation is in the neighborhood .
Geography and traffic
Red Wing is located in east Minnesota on the west bank of the upper Mississippi , which forms the border with Wisconsin. Red Wing is where the Cannon River meets the Mississippi. Red Wing is located on the northern edge of a karst landscape called the Driftless Area .
According to the information from the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 107.1 km² , of which 91.7 km² is land and 15.5 km² (= 14.43%) is water.
Red Wing is located southeast of the twin cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul on the Mississippi River and is part of the expanded metropolitan area of Minneapolis-St. Paul-St. Cloud (Combined Statistical Area). Red Wings geographical coordinates are 44 ° 34 ' N , 92 ° 32' W .
The US Highway 61 , of the portion of the Minnesota here Great River Road forms, in parallel to the Mississippi by Red Wing. The highway meets US Highway 63 in the city center , which leads over the Red Wing Bridge to Hager City on the opposite bank of the river in Wisconsin and from there on in an easterly direction. Minnesota State Routes 19 and 58 also run through Red Wing . The Wisconsin State Route 35 runs along the opposite river bank.
The Empire Builder , Amtrak's daily long-distance train between Chicago and Seattle via Portland , stops at Red Wing.
history
In the early 1850s, settlers came up the Mississippi River on steamers that docked at Red Wing. The goal of these settlers was the high-yielding fields in Goodhue County . They mostly grew wheat . Before the railroads opened up the country, Goodhue County produced more wheat than any other county in the United States. In 1873, Red Wing topped the ranking with the highest wheat turnover. The warehouses at Red Wing Harbor had a capacity of over a million bushels of wheat. After the railroad connected southern Minnesota to Minneapolis and Saint Anthony, where the largest flour mills were built, the Red Wing harbor lost its importance. In the second half of the 20th century, the United States Army Corps of Engineers built locks and dams along the river to increase the river's water depth. This increased shipping traffic with bulk goods such as grain and coal on the river again, but the port itself could not regain its former position.
The early settlers built smaller mills and craft shops similar to those in New England , where many of them came from. Immigrants from Germany , Ireland, and Sweden brought early industries to Red Wing, specializing in tanning , shoe production , the making of farm implements, bricks, barrels, boats, furniture, ceramics, and buttons. Small breweries and sawmills emerged. Stonemasons and innkeepers offered their services. The Saint James Hotel was also built during this period .
Hamline University was founded in Red in 1854 . It was the first higher education institution in Minnesota, which was closed in 1869 due to low student numbers as a result of the Civil War and was later reopened in Saint Paul .
The Red Wing was also home to Gustavus Adolphus College , a private school of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). The college was founded by Eric Norelius in 1862 and relocated to East Union in 1863 before moving to St Peter's in 1876.
The brick and ceramic industry, Red Wings, developed at the northwest end of town, near Hay Creek . The raw material came from near Goodhue on the upper reaches of the Hay Creek. A branch line was built to transport the clay to Red Wing. The factory buildings are still visible today, in contrast to the railway line that was abandoned in 1937.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1860 | 1250 | - | |
| 1870 | 4260 | 240.8% | |
| 1880 | 5876 | 37.9% | |
| 1890 | 6294 | 7.1% | |
| 1900 | 7525 | 19.6% | |
| 1910 | 9048 | 20.2% | |
| 1920 | 8637 | -4.5% | |
| 1930 | 9629 | 11.5% | |
| 1940 | 9962 | 3.5% | |
| 1950 | 10,645 | 6.9% | |
| 1960 | 10,528 | -1.1% | |
| 1970 | 10,441 | -0.8% | |
| 1980 | 13,736 | 31.6% | |
| 1990 | 15.134 | 10.2% | |
| 2000 | 16,116 | 6.5% | |
| 2010 | 16,459 | 2.1% | |
| 1860-1990 2000-2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census, the Red Wing had 16,459 people in 7,090 households. The population density was 179.5 inhabitants per square kilometer.
The racial the population was composed of 91.5 percent white, 1.9 percent African American, 2.2 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 3.7 percent of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 7090 households.
22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.4 percent of the population was female.
The median income for a household was 49,810 USD . The per capita income was $ 26,461. 10.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
sons and daughters of the town
- Joseph Francis Busch (1866–1953), Roman Catholic Bishop of Saint Cloud
- Reid Cashman (born 1983), ice hockey player
- Clifford E. Charlesworth (1931-1991), NASA flight director for the Apollo program
- Frances Densmore (1867–1957), ethnologist and music ethnologist
- Patrick Flueger (* 1983), film actor and musician
- Michael Janisch (* 1979), jazz musician and music producer
Twin cities
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Red Wing, Minnesota ( Memento of the original from November 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 15, 2012
- ↑ Red Wing, Minnesota . In: Dozen Distinctive Destinations 2008 . National Trust for Historic Preservation . 2008. Archived from the original on March 16, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved March 26, 2008.
- ^ A b c Rhonda R. Gilman: The Story of Minnesota's Past . Minnesota Historical Society Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota 1989, ISBN 0-87351-267-7 , pp. 12-21.
- ↑ Chicago Great Western Railway Co. Safety News, June 30, 1968 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/6306/endofline.htm ( Memento of March 19, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved March 15, 2012
