Watkins, Minnesota
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 Location in Minnesota
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| Basic data | |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Minnesota |
| County : | Meeker County |
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 19 ′ N , 94 ° 25 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Central ( UTC − 6 / −5 ) |
| Residents : | 962 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 522.8 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 1.84 km 2 (approx. 1 mi 2 ) |
| Height : | 353 m |
| Postal code : | 55389 |
| Area code : | +1 320 |
| FIPS : | 27-68620 |
| GNIS ID : | 653838 |
| Website : | www.cityofwatkins.com |
| Mayor : | Dennis Hole |
Watkins is a small town (with the status " City ") in Meeker County in US -amerikanischen State Minnesota . In 2010 Watkins had 962 residents.
geography
Watkins is located in southern central Minnesota at 45 ° 18'55 "north latitude and 94 ° 24'31" west longitude. The place extends over an area of 1.84 km².
Neighboring towns to Watkins are Cold Spring (11 miles north), Rockville (15 miles northeast), Kimball (9.2 miles east), Kingston (12 miles southeast), Eden Valley (7.5 miles west), and Richmond (15.4 miles northwest).
The closest major cities are the Twin Cities (108 km east-southeast), Des Moines , Iowa (510 km south), Omaha , Nebraska (560 km south-southwest), Fargo , North Dakota (283 km northwest) and Duluth at the westernmost point of Lake Superior (273 km northeast).
traffic
The Minnesota State Route 55 runs from west to east direction as the main road through Watkins. All other roads within the urban area are subordinate country roads, some unpaved roads and inner-city connecting roads.
A Canadian Pacific Railway runs parallel to the MN 55 through the Watkins metropolitan area.
The St. Cloud Regional Airport is 50.6 km northeast of Watkins, a regional airport. The nearest major airport is Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, 125 km southeast .
Demographic data
According to the 2010 census , Watkins had 962 people in 398 households. The population density was 522.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. Statistically, 2.29 people lived in each of the 398 households.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African American, 0.2 percent (two people) Native American, 0.2 percent (two people) Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups. Hispanic or Latino of any race was 0.4 percent of the population.
28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.
The average annual income for a household was 28,654 USD . The per capita income was $ 16,258. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Personalities of the place
- Tommy Pederson (1920–1998), jazz trombonist and composer, born in Watkins
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b American Fact Finder. Retrieved May 23, 2013
- ↑ Distance information according to Google Maps. Accessed on May 23, 2013