Silver Bay (Minnesota)
Lake County
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Silver Bay is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Lake County in the northeast of the U.S. State of Minnesota. In 2010, Silver Bay had 1887 inhabitants.
Geography
Silver Bay is located on the north shore of Lake Superior, the westernmost and highest of the Great Lakes. The place is close to the border with Canada and the lake across from Wisconsin and Michigan. Silver Bay is located at 47 ° 17'40 " north latitude, 91 ° 15'27 " west longitude and extending over 21.65 km ², spread over 20.43 km ² land and 1.22 km ² water surface.
Neighboring Cities of Silver Bay are Beaver Bay ( on the southwest city limits ) and Illgen City (7.9 km north-east ).
The nearest large towns are in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada (216 km northeast) and Duluth ( 88.7 km southwest ). Minneapolis, the largest city in Minnesota, is located 336 km south-west.
The mouth of the Pigeon River, which forms the border with Canada, located 154 km north-east.
Traffic
The main street of Silver Bay is formed by the leading along the north shore of Lake Superior Minnesota State Route 61. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local connection paths.
In Silver Bay, there is a port over which the city has connection to all cities on the Great Lakes.
With the 14.9 km west south-west to Silver Bay Municipal Airport, the city has a small airfield. The nearest international airports are located 212 km north-east Thunder Bay International Airport and 94.6 km south west Duluth International Airport; the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport is located 343 km south-west.
History
Silver Bay went from a settlement founded in 1954 out on the northeastern edge of Beaver Bay. There was shipped from the mine company reserve the Corporation funded in the 100 km north-west Babbitt taconite on ships and taken to processing steel, around the Great Lakes.
In the 1960s, it was announced that the Reserve Corporation sunk their tailings into Lake Superior. The company was prevented on the basis of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 a court in the further absorption of harmful substances in Federal waters in 1972.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Silver Bay 1887 people in 836 households. The population density was 92.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 836 households lived statistically 2.17 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.3 percent Asian and 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.0 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.9 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
18.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.8 percent were 65 years or older. 48.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 48,583. The per capita income was $ 27,242. 14.8 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.