Silver Bay, Minnesota
| Silver Bay | |
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 Taconite heaps in Silver Bay |
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| Location in Minnesota | |
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | 1954 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Lake County |
| Coordinates : | 47 ° 18 ′ N , 91 ° 15 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 1,887 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 92.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 21.65 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 20.43 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 233 m |
| Postal code : | 55614 |
| Area code : | +1 218 |
| FIPS : | 27-60250 |
| GNIS ID : | 658258 |
| Website : | www.silverbay.com |
| Mayor : | Joanne Johnson |
Silver Bay is a small town (with the status " City ") in Lake County in the northeast of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Silver Bay had 1,887 residents.
geography
Silver Bay is located on the north shore of Lake Superior , the westernmost and highest of the Great Lakes . The place is not far from the border with Canada and on the lake across from Wisconsin and Michigan . Silver Bay lies at 47 ° 17'40 "north latitude, 91 ° 15'27" west longitude and extends over 21.65 km², which is spread over 20.43 km² of land and 1.22 km² of water.
Neighboring places of Silver Bay are Beaver Bay (on the southwestern city limits) and Illgen City (7.9 km northeast).
The closest major cities are Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario (216 km northeast) and Duluth (88.7 km southwest). Minneapolis , Minnesota's largest city, is 336 km southwest.
The mouth of the Pigeon River , which forms the border with Canada, is 154 km northeast.
traffic
The main street of Silver Bay is formed by Minnesota State Route 61, which runs along the north shore of Lake Superior . All other roads are subordinate country roads, partly unpaved roads and inner-city connecting routes.
There is a port in Silver Bay that connects the city to all cities on the Great Lakes.
With the Silver Bay Municipal Airport , 14.9 km west-southwest, the city has a small airfield. The nearest international airports are Thunder Bay International Airport, 212 km northeast, and Duluth International Airport , 94.6 km southwest ; the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport is located 343 km south-west.
history
Silver Bay emerged from a settlement founded in 1954 on the northeastern edge of Beaver Bay. There, the mining company Reserve Corporation loaded the taconite from Babbitt , 100 km north-west, onto ships and brought it to steel processing companies around the Great Lakes.
In the 1960s it became known that the Reserve Corporation was dumping its spoil in the Upper Lake. In 1972, the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 prevented the company from further dumping harmful substances in federal waters.
Demographic data
| Population development | |||
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1960 | 3723 | - | |
| 1970 | 3504 | -5.9% | |
| 1980 | 2917 | -16.8% | |
| 1990 | 1894 | -35.1% | |
| 2000 | 2068 | 9.2% | |
| 2010 | 1887 | -8.8% | |
| 1960-2000 2010 | |||
According to the 2010 census , Silver Bay had 1,887 people in 836 households. The population density was 92.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 836 households.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.9 percent of the population.
18.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.8 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 48,583 USD . The per capita income was $ 27,242. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 10, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 10, 2013
- ↑ www.AirNav.com - KBFW Retrieved May 10, 2013
- ^ The History of Silver Bay. Retrieved May 10, 2013
- ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 10, 2013