Royalton, Minnesota
| Royalton | |
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1878 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| Counties : |
Morrison County Benton County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 50 ′ N , 94 ° 18 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,242 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 241.2 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 5.15 km 2 (approx. 2 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 329 m |
| Postal code : | 56373 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-56176 |
| GNIS ID : | 650375 |
| Website : | www.royaltonmn.com |
| Mayor : | Andrea Lauer |
Royalton is a small town (with the status " City ") in Morrison and to a lesser extent in Benton County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Royalton had 1242 residents.
geography
Royalton is not far from the geographic center of Minnesota on the Platte River , a left tributary of the Upper Mississippi . The geographical coordinates are 45 ° 49'48 "north latitude and 94 ° 17'37" west longitude. The city extends over an area of 5.15 km².
Neighboring towns to Royalton are Buckman (14 miles northeast), Rice (10.8 miles southeast), Bowlus (10 miles west), and Little Falls (17.4 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are Minneapolis (137 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (155 km in the same direction), Duluth on Lake Superior (241 km northeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (407 km southwest), Fargo in North Dakota (256 km northwest) and Eau Claire , Wisconsin (285 km southeast).
traffic
The US Highway 10 extends in a northwest-southeast direction as the main road through Royalton. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A railway line of the BNSF Railway , the second largest railway company in the country, runs parallel to US 10 for freight traffic .
With the Little Falls / Morrison County Airport is located 19.5 kilometers north-northwest of a small airfield. The nearest international airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (160 km southeast).
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1890 | 582 | - | |
| 1900 | 664 | 14.1% | |
| 1910 | 676 | 1.8% | |
| 1920 | 690 | 2.1% | |
| 1930 | 518 | -24.9% | |
| 1940 | 518 | 0% | |
| 1950 | 500 | -3.5% | |
| 1960 | 580 | 16% | |
| 1970 | 534 | -7.9% | |
| 1980 | 660 | 23.6% | |
| 1990 | 802 | 21.5% | |
| 2000 | 816 | 1.7% | |
| 2010 | 1242 | 52.2% | |
| 1890-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Royalton had 1,242 people in 455 households. The population density was 241.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.7 people lived in each of the 455 households.
The racial the population was composed of 99.0 percent white and 0.4 percent Asian; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
31.8 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 9.4 percent were 65 years or older. 49.9 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 41,607 USD . The per capita income was $ 20,046. 14.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 26, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 27, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 27, 2013