Redwood Falls

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Redwood Falls
Center of Redwood Falls
Center of Redwood Falls
Location in Minnesota
Redwood County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Redwood Falls Highlighted.svg
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
Counties : Redwood County
Renville County
Coordinates : 44 ° 32 ′  N , 95 ° 7 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 32 ′  N , 95 ° 7 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 5,254 (as of 2010)
Population density : 377.2 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.93 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 318 m
Postal code : 56283
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-53656
GNIS ID : 649900
Website : www.ci.redwood-falls.mn.us
Mayor : Gary Revier
RedwoodFallsCarengieLibrary.jpg
The Redwood Falls Carnegie Library in Redwood Falls, listed on the NRHP since 1980

Redwood Falls is a city (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Redwood County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . A smaller portion of the urban area extends into neighboring Renville County . In 2010 , Redwood Falls had 5254 residents.

geography

Redwood Falls is located at the confluence of the Redwood River with the Minnesota River . The Renville County portion of the metropolitan area is on the opposite bank of the Minnesota River, but has no residents. The geographical coordinates of Redwood Falls are 44 ° 32'22 "north latitude and 95 ° 07'01" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​13.93 km².

Neighboring locations to Redwood Falls are Morton (11.6 km east), Morgan (13.5 km southeast), Clements (20.4 km south-southeast), Wabasso (16.3 km south-southwest), Seaforth (15.2 km west-southwest) , Vesta (27.7 km west) and Delhi (14 km northwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (180 km east-northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (193 km in the same direction), Rochester (241 km east-southeast), Iowa's capital Des Moines (444 km southeast), Omaha in Nebraska (421 km south) , Sioux Falls , South Dakota (204 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (344 km northwest).

traffic

US Highway 71 and Minnesota State Routes 19 and 67 meet in Redwood Falls . All other roads within Redwood Falls are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads or inner-city connecting roads.

In a northwest-southeast direction runs through the urban area of ​​Redwood Falls a railway line of the Minnesota Prairie Line , a regional ( Class III ) railway company.

The Redwood Falls Municipal Airport is located to the west of the metropolitan area of Redwood Falls. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (178 km east-northeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1880 981 -
1890 1238 26.2%
1900 1661 34.2%
1910 1666 0.3%
1920 2421 45.3%
1930 2552 5.4%
1940 3270 28.1%
1950 3813 16.6%
1960 4285 12.4%
1970 4774 11.4%
1980 5210 9.1%
1990 4859 -6.7%
2000 5459 12.3%
2010 5254 -3.8%
1880-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Redwood Falls had 5,254 people in 2,265 households. The population density was 377.2 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 2265 households.

The racial the population was composed of 87.8 percent white, 0.6 percent African American, 6.6 percent Native American, 0.7 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 3.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 3.3 percent of the population.

24.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.3 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 40,156  USD . The per capita income was $ 24,369. 10.5 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 80002139.Retrieved June 13, 2013
  2. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 13, 2013
  3. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on June 13, 2013
  4. AirNav.com - RWF Retrieved on June 13, 2013
  5. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 13, 2013

Web links

Commons : Redwood Falls, Minnesota  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files