Wadena County

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administration
US state : Minnesota
Administrative headquarters : Wadena
Address of the
administrative headquarters: 		County Courthouse
415 South Jefferson Street
Wadena, MN 56482-1596
Foundation : June 11, 1858
Made up from: Cass County
Todd County
Area code : 001 218
Demographics
Residents : 13,843  (2010)
Population density : 10 inhabitants / km 2
geography
Total area : 1406 km²
Water surface : 21 km²
map
Map of Wadena County within Minnesota
Website : www.co.wadena.mn.us

The Wadena County is a county in the US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 , the county had 13,843 residents and a population density of 10 people per square kilometer. The county seat is Wadena .

geography

The county is located just northwest of the geographic center of Minnesota. It has an area of ​​1406 square kilometers, of which 21 square kilometers are water.

The largest river is the Crow Wing River , which flows through the west of the county from north to south and flows further east from the right into the upper Mississippi . In the southwest of the county, the Leaf River flows into the Crow Wing River from the right. The north of the county is from west to east of the Shell River , until it also flows into the Crow Wing River.

The following neighboring counties border Wadena County:

Becker County Hubbard County
Compass card (de) .svg Cass County
Otter Tail County Todd County
Population development
Census Residents ± in%
1870 6th -
1880 2080 34,566.7%
1890 4053 94.9%
1900 7921 95.4%
1910 8652 9.2%
1920 10,699 23.7%
1930 10,990 2.7%
1940 12,772 16.2%
1950 12,806 0.3%
1960 12.199 -4.7%
1970 12,412 1.7%
1980 14,192 14.3%
1990 13,154 -7.3%
2000 13,713 4.2%
2010 13,843 0.9%
Before 1900 1900–1990 2000 2010

history

Wadena County was formed on June 11, 1858 from parts of Cass County and Todd County. It was named after the Wadena Trading Post that was built within the county on the Crow Wing-to-Pembina Trail .

Demographic data

According to the 2010 census , Wadena County had 13,843 people in 5,968 households. The population density was 10 people per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.26 people lived in each of the 5968 households.

The racial the population was composed of 96.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 1.3 percent of the population, regardless of ethnicity.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 21.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.

The median income for a household was 35,307  USD . The per capita income was $ 19,812. 18.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Localities in Wadena County

Citys

Unincorporated Communities

1 - partly in Todd County
2 - partly in Otter Tail County

structure

In addition to the seven cities, Wadena County is divided into 15 townships :

Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Aldrich Township 430    27-00910
Blueberry Township 721    27-06670
Bullard Township 219    27-08542
Huntersville Township 119    27-30536
Leaf River Township 531    27-36026
Lyons Township 192    27-38852
Meadow Township 217    27-41336
North Germany Township 313    27-46978
Township Population
(2010) 		FIPS
Orton Township 204    27-48688
Red Eye Township 490    27-53422
Rockwood Township 390    27-55150
Shell River Township 233    27-59530
Thomastown Township 819    27-64624
Wadena Township 868    27-67522
Wing River Township 468    27-70906

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GNIS-ID: 659524. Retrieved on February 22, 2011 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts - Wadena County, MN ( September 19, 2013 memento on the Internet Archive ). Retrieved July 1, 2013
  3. ↑ a b National Association of Counties.Retrieved July 1, 2013
  4. ^ US Census Bureau - Census of Population and Housing.Retrieved March 15, 2011
  5. ^ Extract from Census.gov.Retrieved February 18, 2011
  6. ^ Census 2010 - Minnesota , Retrieved May 5, 2020

Web links

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Coordinates: 46 ° 35 ′  N , 94 ° 58 ′  W