Austin (Minnesota)

Mower County

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Austin (also City of Austin ) is a city in the southeast of the U.S. state of Minnesota, with around 23,300 inhabitants. It is the administrative seat ( county seat ) of Mower County. In the north, it is in Austin Township, in the south in Lansing Township, but is politically independent of both.

Larger employers in the city is the Hormel Foods Corporation, a food manufacturer and producer of spam. Every year it organizes the "Spam Jam", a multi-day festival in the city. There is also in the "Spam Town USA ", as Austin is sometimes called a " Spam Museum ".

Geography

Geographical Location

Austin is located in the Midwestern United States in the southeast of the state of Minnesota. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 28.1 square kilometers. Of these, 27.8 square miles of land and 0.2 square miles of water.

Climate

Austin falls into the typical Minnesota continental climate with hot, humid summers and cold winters. Average drop 812 millimeters of precipitation per year. At an average of 79 days, the maximum daily temperature is below zero degrees Celsius. The annual snowfall amount is 104 centimeters. Furthermore, Austin belongs to the outskirts of Tornado Alley.

History

1853 built Austin Nichols, the namesake of the later city, a log cabin on the Cedar River. A year later he sold it to Chauncey Leverich, who also built a sawmill on the river. This attracted more settlers to the area. 1856 had the area to enough people so that the establishment of a county and thus the city was possible. On March 1, 1856 governor Willis Gorman confirmed the establishment of the county. In the same year the city was named after the first settlers Austin. In the following years, numerous settlers and businesses settled on. 1867-69 Austin was on the Railroads Chicago - Milwaukee -St. Paul connected. 1885 took over the Chicago Great Western Railroad on their operation. In 1891, George A. Hormel founded the George A. Hormel & Co.

From August 1984 to June 1985 was Austin at the center of a labor dispute at Hormel. After there had been protests and work stoppages due to wage cuts, Governor Rudy Perpich was to use the National Guard to protect the non-striking workers and the production facility before the strikers. This measure was partly to large criticism. Barbara Kopple worked on the happenings in the Oscar-winning documentary American Dream.

Attractions

Among the sights of Austin:

  • The Hormel Historic Home
  • The J. C. Hormel Nature Center
  • The spam museum

Demography

According to the census in 2000 living in Austin 23,314 people in 9,897 households and 6,076 families. Ethnically, the population itself is made ​​up of 93 percent white population, and smaller minorities.

In 27.2 % of the 9,897 households living children under the age of 18, 48.6 % live in married couples, 9.5 % had a female singles and 38.6 % are non family households. 33.4 % of all households were made up of individuals and 17.2% had someone living alone over 65 years.

In relation to the entire city, the population is composed of 23.3 % under the age of 18, 8.7 % from 18 to 24, 25.1% between 25 and 44 years, 20.9% between 45 and 64 years and 22.0% over 65 years. The median is 40 years. Approximately 52 % of the population is female.

The median income for a household is $ 33,750, a family of $ 42,691. The per capita income is $ 20,651. Approximately 10.9 % of the population and 7.5 % of families are below the poverty line.

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