Beaver Creek (Minnesota)

Rock County

27-04492

Beaver Creek is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Rock County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Beaver Creek had 297 inhabitants.

Geography

Beaver Creek is located in southwestern Minnesota on the Coteau des Prairies mentioned plateau, which extends to the south to Iowa and South Dakota to the west. The town lies on the left bank of Beaver Creek, a tributary of the opening into the Missouri Big Sioux River. The geographic coordinates of Beaver Creek 43 ° 36'51 " north latitude and 96 ° 21'52 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.29 km ².

Towns nearby Beaver Creek Luverne ( 13.6 km ENE ), Steen (19,7 km to the southeast ), Hills ( 11.9 km to the south), Valley Springs, South Dakota ( 9.8 km west-southwest ) and Garretson, South Dakota (23,8 km northwest ).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis ( 348 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul ( 360 km in the same direction), Rochester ( 346 km east ), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (452 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska (305 km south), Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 32.1 km west-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 399 km north ).

Traffic

Along the southern edge of Beaver Creek runs Interstate 90, is the longest interstate highway in the country. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.

The Luverne Municipal Airport is located 16 km east a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the South Falls Regional Airport ( 32.5 km to the west ), the Eppley Airfield near Omaha (301 km south) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 342 km east-northeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Beaver Creek 297 people in 117 households. The population density was 230.2 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 117 households lived statistically 2.54 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 1.0 percent African Americans, 0.3 percent (one person) Native American and 1.7 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

24.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 63.6 percent were between 18 and 64 and 11.8 percent were 65 years or older. 46.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 34,615. The per capita income was $ 21,768. 12.2 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.