Butterfield (Minnesota)
Watonwan County
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Butterfield is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Watonwan County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Butterfield had 586 inhabitants.
Geography
Butterfield is located in southern Minnesota at 43 ° 57'32 " north latitude and 94 ° 47'40 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.17 km ².
Towns nearby Butterfield are Saint James ( 14.7 km ENE ), Odin (14,7 km to the southeast ), Ormsby (19,5 km to the southeast ), Mountain Lake (12,2 km west-southwest ) and Darfur (13,7 km north-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (205 km northeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (214 km in the same direction), Rochester (213 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines ( 368 km south-southeast ), Omaha, Nebraska ( 387 km SSW ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (177 km west-southwest ) and Fargo, North Dakota (415 km north- north-west ).
Traffic
Along the southern edge of Butterfield Minnesota State Route 60 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or urban roads.
In the city of Butterfield meet two Railroads Union Pacific Rail Road.
The St. James Municipal Airport is located 21.3 km east-northeast a small airfield. De nearest major airports are the Sioux Falls Regional Airport (177 km west-southwest ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (200 km northeast).
History
After the first white settlers arrived around 1870 in the area, it came through a year later opened railway to a rapid growth of the population. The still existing Butterfield Township was established in 1872. 1895 Butterfield was incorporated as an independent municipality and elected a mayor.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Butterfield 586 people in 220 households. The population density was 500.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 220 households lived statistically 2.66 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 72.7 percent white, 0.9 percent African American, 0.2 percent Native American, 7.3 percent Asian, 0.3 percent and 17.1 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 25.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
24.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 59.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 16.7 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 41,563. The per capita income was $ 18,359. 15.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.