Adrian (Minnesota)
Nobles County
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Adrian is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Nobles County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Adrian had 1,209 residents.
Geography
Adrian 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 geographical coordinates are 43 ° 38'06 " north latitude and 95 ° 55'58 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 2.87 km ².
Towns nearby Adrian are Magnolia (12.5 km to the west ), Kenneth (24,8 km northwest ), Lismore ( 14.3 km to the north), Wilmont (23,4 km northeast), Rushmore (12,3 km to the east ), Little Rock in Iowa ( 25.7 km SSE ) and Ellsworth (19,1 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis ( 311 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul ( 325 km in the same direction), Rochester (311 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (417 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska (311 km south), Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 70.1 km to the west ) and Fargo, North Dakota (413 km north- north-west ).
Traffic
Along the northern border is with the I 90 is the longest Interstate Highway in the country. Coming from the north crosses the Minnesota State Route 91, I 90 and leads as the main road through Adrian. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
In east-west direction through the city of Adrian, a railway line in the Minnesota Southern Railway, a regional railway company.
With the Worthington Municipal Airport is located 32.1 km east of Adrian, a small airfield. The next regional commercial airport is located 68.7 km west of Sioux Falls Regional Airport. The nearest international airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (307 km northeast).
History
In 1876 was first acquired land by a railway company, and measured for a settlement the system. Shortly thereafter, coinciding with the construction of the railway was the system of the present city. It was named this after Adrian Iselin, mother of Adrian C. Iselin, a director of the Sioux City and St. Paul Railroad Company. Even today, hangs a picture of the namesake in the Town Hall by Adrian.
John Ireland, the then Archbishop of St. Paul specifically promoted the immigration of Catholic Irish in the newly to be tapped farmland. From his private assets he acquired in the vicinity of Adrian country to provide this for the equipment of farms.
Thus, the population grew from 193 in 1880 to 671 in the census in 1890 and nearly doubled by the year 1900. At this time, however, stagnated the further development of the population, as the neighboring towns of Ellsworth, Lismore and Wilmont also grew. Also, the fact that the county seat remained in Worthington and attempts failed, at least to bring parts of the Countyverwaltung to Adrian, ultimately put a fixed role as a small town of Adrian.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Adrian 1209 people in 491 households. The population density was 421.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 491 households lived statistically 2.41 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 1.2 percent Asian and 1.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 4.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 44,313. The per capita income was $ 22,077. 5.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.