Twin Valley

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Twin Valley
Norman County Minnesota Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Twin Valley Highlighted.svg
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
State : United States
State : Minnesota
County : Norman County
Coordinates : 47 ° 16 ′  N , 96 ° 15 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′  N , 96 ° 15 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 821 (as of 2010)
Population density : 364.9 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 2.25 km 2  (approx. 1 mi 2 )
Height : 333 m
Postal code : 56584
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-65938
GNIS ID : 653465
Website : www.twinvalley.govoffice.com
Mayor : Joseph Peterick

Twin Valley is a small town (with the status " City ") in Norman County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Twin Valley had 821 residents.

geography

Twin Valley is located in northwest Minnesota on the south bank of the Wild Rice River , a right tributary of the Red River of the North . The geographical coordinates are 47 ° 15'35 "north latitude and 96 ° 15'26" west longitude. The city extends over an area of ​​2.25 km².

Neighboring towns to Twin Valley are Gary (13.9 km north), Syre (8.9 km south), Borup (27.5 km southwest), and Ada (14.6 km west).

The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (326 km north), Duluth on Lake Superior (369 km east), Minneapolis (395 km southeast), Sioux Falls in South Dakota (477 km south) and Fargo in North Dakota ( 83.4 km south-southwest).

The Canadian border is 209 km north.

traffic

The Minnesota State Route 32 runs north-south through the city of Twin Valley. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roads as well as inner-city connecting roads.

The Agassiz Recreational Trail , a combined foot and bicycle path on a former railway line, runs parallel to the MN 32 .

With the Norman County Ada / Twin Valley Airport is located 11.6 km west of Twin Valley a small airfield. The nearest major airports are Fargo's Hector International Airport (83 km southwest), Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (334 km north) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (429 km southeast).

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1900 356 -
1910 543 52.5%
1920 676 24.5%
1930 657 -2.8%
1940 844 28.5%
1950 899 6.5%
1960 841 -6.5%
1970 868 3.2%
1980 907 4.5%
1990 821 -9.5%
2000 865 5.4%
2010 821 -5.1%
1900-2000 2010

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census, the Twin Valley had 821 people in 357 households. The population density was 364.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.17 people lived in each of the 357 households.

The racial the population was composed of 94.4 percent white, 3.2 percent Native American and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 2.1 percent of the population.

24.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 46.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 29.7 percent were 65 years or older. 51.5 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 29,205  USD . The per capita income was $ 17,900. 23.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 30, 2013
  2. Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed May 30, 2013
  3. American Trails - Agassiz Recreational Trail ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 30, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.americantrails.org
  4. ^ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - Agassiz Recreational Trail.Retrieved May 30, 2013
  5. AirNav.com - D00 Retrieved on May 30, 2013
  6. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved May 30, 2013

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