Springfield, Minnesota

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Springfield
Brown County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Springfield Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Brown County
Coordinates : 44 ° 14 ′  N , 94 ° 59 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 14 ′  N , 94 ° 59 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 2,152 (as of 2010)
Population density : 449.3 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 4.79 km 2  (approx. 2 mi 2 )
Height : 312 m
Postal code : 56087
Area code : +1 507
FIPS : 27-61816
GNIS ID : 652489
Website : www.springfieldmn.org
Mayor : Mark Brown

Springfield is a small town (with the status " City ") in Brown County in the south of the US -amerikanischen state of Minnesota . In 2010 Springfield had 2,152 residents.

geography

Springfield lies on both sides of the Cottonwood River , a right tributary of the Minnesota River, which flows into the Mississippi from the right . The city is located at 44 ° 14'20 "north latitude and 94 ° 58'33" west longitude and extends over 4.79 km².

Neighboring towns to Springfield are Clements (14 miles northwest), Morgan (16 miles northeast), Evan (14 miles northeast), Cobden (7.5 miles northeast), Comfrey ( 12 miles southeast) and Sandborn (15.5 km west-southwest).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (193 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (208 km in the same direction), Rochester (223 km east), Iowa's capital Des Moines (419 km southeast), Omaha in Nebraska (400 km south-southwest) , Sioux Falls in South Dakota (200 km southwest) and Fargo , North Dakota (374 km northwest).

traffic

US Highway 14 runs through the city in a west-east direction . All other roads within North Mankato are subordinate roads or inner-city connecting roads.

On the north bank of the Cottonwood River runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway belonging Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad .

The Springfield Municipal Airport is located at the western city limits of Springfield. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (190 km northeast).

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 716 -
1900 1511 111%
1910 1482 -1.9%
1920 1830 23.5%
1930 2049 12%
1940 2361 15.2%
1950 2574 9%
1960 2701 4.9%
1970 2530 -6.3%
1980 2303 -9%
1990 2173 -5.6%
2000 2215 1.9%
2010 2152 -2.8%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , Springfield had 2,152 people in 913 households. The population density was 449.3 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.24 people lived in each of the 913 households.

The racial the population was composed of 97.8 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.6 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 4.6 percent of the population.

22.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.3 percent were 65 years or older. 52.4 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 41,563  USD . The per capita income was $ 21,940. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved April 3, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed April 3, 2013
  3. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved April 3, 2013

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