Cyrus (Minnesota)
Pope County
27-14446
Cyrus is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Pope County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Cyrus had 288 inhabitants.
Geography
Cyrus is in west-central Minnesota on the west bank of the Chippewa River, a left tributary of the Minnesota River. The geographical coordinates of 45 ° 36'53 Cyrus are " north latitude and 95 ° 44'17 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 0.73 km ².
Towns nearby are Kensington Cyrus (21,3 km to the north), Farwell ( 24.6 km NNE ), Lowry (26,5 km northeast), Starbuck (16,1 km to the east ), Hancock ( 16.6 km SSW ) Morris (15,6 km west ) and Hoffman ( 28.1 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (185 km north-west ), Duluth Lake Superior (366 km northeast), Minneapolis (226 km east-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (245 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota (287 km south-southwest ).
Traffic
The Minnesota State Route 28 runs in east-west direction as the main road through Cyrus. All other roads are subordinate partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
With the Starbuck Municipal Airport is located 18 kilometers east of Cyrus, a small airfield. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (243 km south-southeast ).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Cyrus 288 people in 137 households. The population density was 394.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 137 households lived statistically 2.1 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 95.8 percent white, 0.7 percent African Americans and 0.3 percent of Native Americans; 3.1 percent were descended from two or more races.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 56.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40.625. The per capita income was $ 22,358. 11.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.