Sebeka

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Sebeka
Location of Sebeka in Wadena County (left) and Minnesota (right)
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
Foundation : 1891 (founded)
1898 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Wadena County
Coordinates : 46 ° 38 ′  N , 95 ° 5 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′  N , 95 ° 5 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 711 (as of 2010)
Population density : 111.1 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 6.4 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 422 m
Postal code : 56477
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-59152
GNIS ID : 651815
Website : cityofsebeka.com
Mayor : David Anderson

Sebeka is a small town (with the status " City ") in Wadena County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , Sebeka had 711 inhabitants.

geography

Sebeka is located in central Minnesota at 46 ° 37'42 "north latitude and 95 ° 05'27" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​6.4 km².

Neighboring places of Sebeka are Menahga (14.6 km north), Nimrod (16.6 km east), Wadena (22.7 km south) and Bluffton (29.9 km southwest).

The closest major cities are Fargo in North Dakota (145 km west), Duluth on Lake Superior (280 km east), Minneapolis (269 km southeast), Minnesota's capital city of Saint Paul (288 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls in South Dakota (433 km south-southwest).

The Canadian border is 283 km north.

traffic

In the center of Sebeka, US Highway 71 and Minnesota State Route 227 meet at their western endpoint. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

With the Wadena Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 31 km south-southwest. The nearest regional airports are Bemidji Regional Airport (113 km north) and Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (105 km east-southeast). The nearest major airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (170 km west) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (293 km southeast).

history

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 223 -
1910 428 91.9%
1920 585 36.7%
1930 548 -6.3%
1940 648 18.2%
1950 802 23.8%
1960 823 2.6%
1970 668 -18.8%
1980 774 15.9%
1990 662 -14.5%
2000 710 7.3%
2010 711 0.1%
1900-2000 2010

Sebeka was founded in 1891 and named after the Ojibwe word for village on the river . In the same year a post office was set up. In 1892 the railroad came to Sebeka. In 1898 the place was incorporated as the Village of Sebeka .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , 711 people in 321 households lived in Sebeka. The population density was 11.1 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.21 people lived in each of the 321 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.4 percent African American and 0.1 percent Native American; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.8 percent of the population.

26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 30,833  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,022. 23.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 2, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 2, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 2, 2013
  4. LakesnWoods.com - Sebeka, Minnesota Retrieved on July 2, 2013

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