Bertha (Minnesota)
Todd County
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Bertha is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Todd County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Bertha had 497 inhabitants.
Geography
Bertha is in the center of Minnesota at 46 ° 16'00 " north latitude and 95 ° 03'46 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.64 km ².
Towns nearby are of Bertha Hewitt (7.1 km north- north-west ) and Eagle Bend ( 12.1 km SSE ).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (168 km north-west ), Duluth Lake Superior (262 km east-northeast ), Minneapolis (234 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (252 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 396 km south-west ).
The border with Canada is located 327 km north.
Traffic
The U.S. Highway 10 leads in a north-south direction as the main road through Bertha. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The nearest regional airport is Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport ( 83.5 km ENE ); the nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (257 km southeast).
History
After 1878, had been created still exists today Bertha Township, the present town was laid out in 1891 and 1897 extracted from the Township and incorporated. Were named City and Township Bertha Ristau, the wife of the local postmaster.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Bertha 497 people in 205 households. The population density was 188.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 205 households lived statistically 2.42 per person.
Ethnically, the population consisted with four exceptions only from whites. Regardless of ethnicity, 0.2 percent were ( a person ) of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
30.4 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.7 percent were 65 years or older. 53.1 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 30,435. The per capita income was $ 17,144. 27.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.