Grafton (North Dakota)
Walsh County
38-31820
Grafton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Walsh County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010, Grafton had 4284 inhabitants.
Geography
Grafton is located in eastern North Dakota, about 20 km west of the Red River of North, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 48 ° 24'44 Grafton " north latitude and 97 ° 24'38 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 8.81 km ².
Towns nearby are St. Thomas of Grafton (23,7 km to the north), Drayton (34 km northeast), Minto ( 14.6 km SSE ), Forest River ( 27.2 km SSW ), River Park (25,5 km west ) and Nash (13 km north-west ).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (193 km north), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior ( 494 km east-southeast ), Minneapolis, Minnesota ( 566 km southeast), Fargo (189 km south-southeast ), Grand Forks (65, 4 km in the same direction) and North Dakota's capital city Bismarck (428 km southwest).
The Canadian border is 74 km north.
Traffic
16.8 km east of Grafton runs in a north -south Interstate 29, which is the shortest route from Winnipeg to Kansas City in Missouri. In the city of Grafton crosses the running in the north -south U.S. Highway 81 to the North Dakota Highway 17 All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Grafton several Railroads BNSF Railway meet together.
The Hutson Field Airport is located on the southeastern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Grand Forks International Airport ( 65.7 km SSE ), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (185 km in the same direction) and the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (196 km north).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Grafton 4284 people in 1776 households. The population density was 486.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1776 households lived statistically 2.27 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 89.2 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 2.8 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 5.4 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 14.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 57.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.2 percent were 65 years or older. 51.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 41,250. The per capita income was $ 22,769. 11.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Raymond William Lessard (* 1930) - Bishop Emeritus of Savannah - born in Grafton
- Barry Tallackson (* 1983) - hockey player, since 2011 at the Berlin Polar Bears under contract - born in Grafton