Warba (Minnesota)

Warba
Commercial building in Warba
Location of Warba in Itasca County
Basic data
Foundation :	1911
State :	United States
State :	Minnesota
County :	Itasca County
Coordinates :	47 ° 8 ′  N , 93 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 47 ° 8 ′  N , 93 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone :	Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 )
Residents :	181 (as of 2010)
Population density :	21.7 inhabitants per km 2
Area :	8.49 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 8.35 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land
Height :	391 m
Postal code :	55793
Area code :	+1 218
FIPS :	27-68080
GNIS ID :	0658896
Mayor :	Ellen J. Coffel

Warba is a small town ( city ) in Itasca County in the state of Minnesota in the United States . At the last census in 2010 , Warba had 181 inhabitants.

location

Warba is located in northern Minnesota, about 20 kilometers southeast of Grand Rapids , 95 kilometers northwest of Duluth and 150 miles as the crow flies north of Minneapolis . The place is located in a wooded area and is surrounded by several lakes, the largest of which is Shallow Lake , around which a weekend house settlement is grouped. Neighboring locations are Blackberry in the northwest and Swan River in the southeast.

history

A sawmill existed in the Warba area from 1891 . In the following years, a small settlement was built around this sawmill, which was named Verna . From 1904 the village of Feeley emerged immediately east of Verna , named after the sawmill owner Thomas J. Feeley. From 1901 there was a post office of the United States Postal Service in Feeley , the village of Verna had a station on the route of the Great Northern Railway . In 1911 Feeley was incorporated as a Village . To avoid confusion with the nearby village of Foley , the name was changed to Warba that same year following a proposal from the USPS. This name comes from the Ojibwe language and roughly means resting place . At the same time Verna was incorporated into Warba and the station was also renamed.

The post office in Warba is still in operation today.

population

growth of population
Census	Residents		± in%
1930	154		-
1940	124		-19.5%
1950	125		0.8%
1960	162		29.6%
1970	148		-8.6%
1980	150		1.4%
1990	137		-8.7%
2000	183		33.6%
2010	181		-1.1%
US Decennial Census

2010 Census

At the 2010 United States Census, Warba had 181 residents, spread across 77 households and 47 families. 97.2% of the population were white and 2.8% were Native Americans. There were married couples in 44.2% of the households in Warba, 10.4% of the households were made up of single women and 6.5% of single men. 29.9% of households had children under the age of 18 living with them and 9.1% of households had seniors over 65 years of age.

The median age in Warba in 2010 was 37.8 years. 23.8% of the residents were under 18 years old, 7.1% were between 18 and 24, 23.3% between 25 and 44, 34.7% between 45 and 65 and 11.0% of the residents were older than 65 Years. 49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% female.

Census 2000

At the United States Census 2000 there were 183 residents in 79 households and 57 families in Warba. 98.63% of the population were white and 1.64% were of various ethnicities. Hispanics and Latinos made up 1.64% of the total population.

At the time of the census, the median income in Warba was $ 27,500 per household and $ 31,250 per family. The average per capita income was $ 11,772. 19.6% of the population of Warba lived below the poverty line . 26.2% of them were under 18 and none over 65 years old.

Infrastructure

Warba is right on US Highway 2 , which connects the place with Grand Forks and Duluth. The nearest connection to Interstate Highway 35 is approximately 92 kilometers from the city.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Post Offices in Itasca County. In: postalhistory.com , accessed October 6, 2019.
2. ^ A Guide to Minnesota Communities. In: lakesnwoods.com , accessed October 6, 2019.
3. ^ Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics. United States Census Bureau, accessed October 6, 2019.