Roseau, Minnesota
| Roseau | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1895 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Roseau County |
| Coordinates : | 48 ° 51 ′ N , 95 ° 46 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 2,633 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 424.7 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 6.2 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 319 m |
| Postal code : | 56751 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-55546 |
| GNIS ID : | 0650278 |
| Website : | www.city.roseau.mn.us |
| Mayor : | Jeff Pelowski |
Roseau is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of the same name Roseau County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Roseau had 2633 inhabitants.
geography
Roseau is located in the northwest of the state, about ten miles south of the border with Canada . The Roseau River flows through the city . The geographical coordinates of Roseau are 48 ° 50'48 "north latitude and 95 ° 45'39" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 6.2 km².
Neighboring towns to Roseau are Salol (14.8 km east), Badger (13.4 km west southwest) and South Junction in the Canadian province of Manitoba (22 km north).
The nearest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (283 km south-southwest), Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (185 km northwest), Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario on Lake Superior (534 km east), Duluth on Lake Superior (439 km southeast) and Minneapolis (556 km southeast).
traffic
Minnesota State Routes 11 , 89, and 310 meet in the Roseau metropolitan area . All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the Minnesota Northern Railroad , a regional ( Class III ) railway company, runs through the urban area of Roseau in a west-east direction .
The nearest regional airports are Falls International Airport in International Falls (192 km east) and Grand Forks International Airport in North Dakota (197 km southwest). The nearest major airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo , North Dakota (293 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (194 km northwest), and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (580 km southeast).
history
| Population development | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1900 | 301 | - | |
| 1910 | 644 | 114% | |
| 1920 | 1012 | 57.1% | |
| 1930 | 1028 | 1.6% | |
| 1940 | 1775 | 72.7% | |
| 1950 | 2231 | 25.7% | |
| 1960 | 2146 | -3.8% | |
| 1970 | 2552 | 18.9% | |
| 1980 | 2272 | -11% | |
| 1990 | 2396 | 5.5% | |
| 2000 | 2756 | 15% | |
| 2010 | 2633 | -4.5% | |
| 1900-2000 2010 | |||
After a fur trading post had been built on the Roseau River in 1822, it was not until 1890 that the first settlers settled permanently and formed a village. In 1895 Roseau received city rights. At that time around 600 people lived there.
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , there were 2633 people in 1142 households in Roseau. The population density was 424.7 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.23 people lived in each of the 1142 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.6 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.1 percent of the population.
26.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 17.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 43,867 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,736. 21.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Known residents
- Phil Bengtson (1913–1994), American football coach ( Green Bay Packers )
- Liz Anderson (1927-2011), country singer and songwriter
- Robert Bergland (1928–2018), politician
- Rube Bjorkman (* 1929), ice hockey player and coach
- Neal Broten (* 1959), ice hockey player
- Aaron Broten (* 1960), ice hockey player
- Paul Broten (* 1965), ice hockey player
- David Lundbohm (* 1979), ice hockey player
- Garrett Hedlund (born 1984), actor
- Aaron Ness (born 1990), ice hockey player
economy
The vehicle manufacturer Polaris Industries has its origins in Roseau and operates a development and production facility there.
Sports
Ice hockey is of particular importance in Roseau. In high school sport, the Roseau Rams are one of the most successful and traditional teams in Minnesota. Well-known ice hockey players from Roseau are the Broten brothers, Dustin Byfuglien and Bryan Erickson .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved June 19, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed June 19, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved June 19, 2013
