Crosby (Minnesota)
Crow Wing County
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Crosby is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Crow Wing County in the northern center of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Crosby had 2386 inhabitants.
Geography
Crosby is located a few kilometers to the east and south of the Upper Mississippi at 46 ° 28'56 " north latitude and 93 ° 57'28 " west longitude. The site covers 9.66 km ², spread over 7.95 km ² land and 1.71 km ² water surface.
Towns nearby Crosby Ironton are ( at the southwest city limits ), Cuyuna (5,7 km north-east ) and Deerwood (6.4 km east).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (200 km south-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (214 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin (343 km south-east ), Duluth Lake Superior (160 km east-northeast ) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 246 km west ).
The border with Canada is located 255 km north.
Traffic
In Crosby, the Minnesota State Routes 6 and 210 meet together. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is located 17.5 km south west of Crosby a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is 223 km south-southeast location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Crosby 2386 people in 1065 households. The population density was 300.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1065 households lived statistically 2.13 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 96.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 1.1 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 0.1 percent ( two people) from other ethnic groups; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.3 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 24.2 percent were 65 years or older. 53.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 27,044. The per capita income was $ 20,834. 19.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Robert A. Good (1922-2003) - physician, pioneer of bone marrow transplantation