Wadena, Minnesota

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Wadena
Location of Wadena in Wadena County (left) and Minnesota (right)
Location in Minnesota
Basic data
Foundation : 1871 (founded)
1881 (incorporated)
State : United States
State : Minnesota
Counties : Wadena County
Otter Tail County
Coordinates : 46 ° 26 ′  N , 95 ° 8 ′  W Coordinates: 46 ° 26 ′  N , 95 ° 8 ′  W
Time zone : Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents : 4,088 (as of 2010)
Population density : 293.5 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 13.93 km 2  (approx. 5 mi 2 )
Height : 412 m
Postal code : 56482
Area code : +1 218
FIPS : 27-67504
GNIS ID : 653712
Website : www.wadena.org
Mayor : Wayne Wolden
City Hall - Wadena Minnesota.jpg
The former town hall of Wadena, built of bricks in 1912, has been listed in the NRHP since 1989

Wadena is a small town (with the status " City ") and the administrative seat of Wadena County in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . Part of the urban area extends into the neighboring Otter Tail County to the east . In 2010 Wadena had 4088 inhabitants.

geography

Wadena is located in central Minnesota at 46 ° 26'22 "north latitude and 95 ° 08'14" west longitude. The urban area extends over an area of ​​13.93 km².

Neighboring towns to Wadena are Sebeka ( 14 miles north), Verndale (11.9 km southeast), Hewitt (14.9 km southeast), Deer Creek (10.1 miles west-southwest) and Bluffton (8.5 km west-northwest) .

The closest major cities are Fargo , North Dakota (146 km west-northwest), Duluth on Lake Superior (257 km east), Minneapolis (247 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (265 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls , South Dakota (417 km south-southwest).

The Canadian border is 306 km north.

traffic

US Highway 10, which runs from northwest to southeast, crosses US Highway 71 in the center of Wadena . At the confluence with US 71, Minnesota State Route 29 in Wadena reaches its northern end point. All other roads are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.

A BNSF Railway runs parallel to US 10 .

With the Wadena Municipal Airport there is a small airfield 8.3 km to the west. The nearest regional airports are Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (82.4 km east) and Bemidji Regional Airport (135 km north). The nearest major airports are Hector International Airport in Fargo (164 km west-northwest) and Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport (270 km southeast).

history

School destroyed by tornado in 2010

The Wadena Township was founded in 1871, just like the city it is today. Both the township and the settlement were named after the county, which was named after the former Wadena trading post . In 1873 a post office was set up in Wadena. As an independent municipality, Wadena was incorporated in 1881 and separated from the township in 1921.

In 2010 a severe tornado hit Wadena. 232 buildings were destroyed without any fatalities.

Demographic data

Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1890 895 -
1900 1520 69.8%
1910 1820 19.7%
1920 2186 20.1%
1930 2512 14.9%
1940 2916 16.1%
1950 3958 35.7%
1960 4381 10.7%
1970 4640 5.9%
1980 4699 1.3%
1990 4131 -12.1%
2000 4294 3.9%
2010 4088 -4.8%
1890-2000 2010

According to the 2010 census , 4088 people in 1840 households lived in Wadena. The population density was 293.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.14 people lived in 1840 households.

The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.4 percent of the population.

22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.

The average annual income for a household was 25,570  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,070. 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Known residents

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Extract from the National Register of Historic Places - No. 88003228.Retrieved July 2, 2013
  2. ↑ a b c American Fact Finder. Retrieved July 2, 2013
  3. ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed July 2, 2013
  4. ↑ AirNav.com - KADC Retrieved on July 2, 2013
  5. ↑ lakesnwoods - Wadena, Minnesota Retrieved on July 2, 2013
  6. ↑ webcitation.org - Wadena A 'War Zone' After Thursday's Tornado ( September 27, 2010 memento on WebCite ) Retrieved July 2, 2013
  7. ^ US Decennial Census. Retrieved July 2, 2013
  8. ^ North Dakota Governors - Thomas H. Moodie. Retrieved July 2, 2013
  9. ^ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Harold Knutson.Retrieved July 2, 2013

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