Tonka Bay

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Tonka Bay
Location of Tonka Bay in Hennepin County and Minnesota
Location of Tonka Bay in Hennepin County and Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Hennepin County
Coordinates : 44 ° 55 ′  N , 93 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 44 ° 55 ′  N , 93 ° 36 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 1,547 (as of: 2000)
Population density : 644.6 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.5 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) of
which 2.4 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 ) are land
Height : 287 m
FIPS : 27-65164
GNIS ID : 2397036
Website : www.cityoftonkabay.net
Mayor : William LaBelle
Lake Park Hotel, Tonka Bay.jpg
Lake Park Hotel (1900)

Tonka Bay is a city in the US state of Minnesota . It is located on Lake Minnetonka and has around 1500 inhabitants.

geography

Tonka Bay lies between Upper and Lower Minnetonka Lakes. The city is located approximately 27 kilometers west of Minneapolis in the metropolitan area of ​​Minneapolis-Saint Paul . According to the United States Census Bureau , the area of ​​the city is 2.5 square kilometers, of which 0.1 square kilometers is water.

history

The first settlers began to settle in Tonka Bay in the mid-19th century. The place, then still in the Excelsior Township, soon developed into a holiday resort. With the Lake Park Hotel (later Tonka Bay Hotel ), the first grand hotel on the lake was built there in 1879 . Tonka Bay was founded as an independent village on September 11, 1901 . In the years after the turn of the century, the heyday of tourism on the lake slowly passed, so that a more stable population structure could develop. In 1909 the first school was built in Tonka Bay.

In 1920, six houses burned down in a major fire in Tonka Bay.

Population development

1970 1980 1990 2000
1,397 1,354 1,472 1,547

Demographic data

According to the 2000 census , Tonka Bay has 1,547 people in 614 households and 456 families. The racial the population is composed of 98.6 percent white population, 0.4 percent Asian-Americans and other smaller or more groups. 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanics .

Children under the age of 18 live in 34.5% of the 614 households, married couples in 65.5%, female singles in 5.0% and 25.7% are not family households. 20.2% of all households consist exclusively of a single person and 3.7% are single people over 65 years of age. The average household size is 2.52, that of families 3.90.

In relation to the entire city, the population is made up of 24.8% residents under 18 years of age, 4.7% between 18 and 24 years of age, 27.8% between 25 and 44 years of age, 33.9% between 45 and 64 years of age 8.8% over 65 years. The median is 41 years. About 49.1% of the population is female.

The median income of a household is USD 84,879 and that of a family is USD 90,783. The per capita income is $ 50,825. About 2.2% of the population and 1.9% of families live below the poverty line.

Personalities