Rock Creek, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Pine County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 45 ′ N , 92 ° 58 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,628 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 14.6 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 112.2 km 2 (approx. 43 mi 2 ) of which 111.4 km 2 (approx. 43 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 286 m |
| Postal code : | 55067 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-54934 |
| GNIS ID : | 650185 |
| Website : | cityofrockcreekmn.com |
| Mayor : | Ervin R. (Skip) Stevens Jr. |
Rock Creek is a small town (with the status " City ") in Pine County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Rock Creek had 1628 residents.
geography
Rock Creek is located in eastern Minnesota and extends with its urban area in the east to the St. Croix River , which forms the border with Wisconsin . The geographical coordinates of the center of Rock Creek are 45 ° 45'27 "north latitude and 92 ° 57'45" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of 112.2 km², which is distributed over 111.4 km² of land and 0.8 km² of water.
Neighboring towns to Rock Creek are Pine City (4.7 miles north), Grantsburg , Wisconsin (14.4 miles east), Rush City (5.5 miles south), and West Rock (3.4 miles west).
The closest major cities are Minneapolis (104 km south), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (99.9 km in the same direction), Eau Claire in Wisconsin (212 km southeast), Duluth on Lake Superior (150 km northeast) and Fargo in North Dakota (381 km west-northwest).
The Canadian border is 376 km north.
traffic
The Interstate 35 leads in a north-south direction through the west of Rock Creek. In the center, Minnesota State Route 70 , which runs in a west-east direction, meets the northern end point of Minnesota State Route 361 . All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the St. Croix Valley Railroad , a regional ( Class III ) railway company, runs north-south .
With the Rush City Regional Airport is 7.8 km south of Rock Creek a small regional airport. The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 111 km south .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Rock Creek had 1,628 people in 582 households. The population density was 14.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.76 people lived in each of the 582 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.7 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.1 percent (two people) from other ethnic groups; 1.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 68.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 5.8 percent were 65 years or older. 47.4 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 52,557 USD . The per capita income was $ 22,264. 12.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 5, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 5, 2013