Crookston (Minnesota)
Polk County
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Crookston is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Polk County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Crookston, which is part of the metropolitan area of Greater Grand Forks, had 7891 inhabitants in 2010.
In Crookston is the seat of the Catholic Diocese of Crookston. Furthermore, Crookston is one of five sites of the University of Minnesota system with approximately 1800 students.
Geography
Crookston is located in northwestern Minnesota on both sides of the Red Lake River, a right tributary of the border to the west adjacent North Dakota forming Red River of the North. The geographical coordinates are 47 ° 46'27 Crookston " north latitude and 96 ° 36'29 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 13.34 km ².
Towns nearby Crookston are Huot (23 km northeast), Fertile (37,9 km to the southeast ), Beltrami (28,5 km south), Climax (27,6 km southwest) and Fisher ( 18.3 west ).
In addition to Grand Forks, North Dakota ( 40.7 km WNW ) are the nearest larger towns Fargo, North Dakota (113 km south), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (265 km north), Duluth Lake Superior ( 386 km east-southeast ) and Minneapolis ( 464 km southeast).
The border with Canada is located 152 km north.
Traffic
In Crookston crosses the leading along the Red Lake River U.S. Highway 2 to the running from north to south U.S. Highway 75 All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Crookston several rail lines for freight traffic come together that belong to the regional railway company Grand Forks Subdivision.
In Crookston the northern endpoint of the Agassiz Recreational Trail, a combined foot and bicycle path is located on a former railway line.
To the north of the outskirts of Crookston is located with the Crookston Municipal Airport, a small airfield. The nearest international airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo (116 km south), the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (267 km north ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (487 km south-east ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Crookston 7891 people in 3109 households. The population density was 591.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 3109 households lived statistically 2.27 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 90.2 percent white, 1.4 percent African American, 1.7 percent Native American, 1.6 percent Asian and 2.8 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 11.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 15.5 percent were 65 years or older. 50.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 42,297. The per capita income was $ 20,064. 18.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Joseph H. Ball (1905-1993) - Republican U.S. Senator from Minnesota - born in Crookston
- Halvor Steenerson (1852-1926) - longtime Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives - lived and worked long in Crookston and is buried there