Hillsboro (North Dakota)
Traill County
38-38100
Hillsboro is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Traill County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010, Hillsboro had 1603 inhabitants.
Geography
Hillsboro is located in eastern North Dakota on the Goose River. A few kilometers east of this leads into the Red River of the North, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 47 ° 24'14 Hillsboro ' north latitude and 97 ° 03'43 "west longitude. The city covers an area of 2.82 km ².
The city is located midway between the centers of Grand Forks ( 64.5 km to the north) and Fargo ( 67.6 km to the south). Neighboring cities of Hillsboro Cummings (13,2 km to the north ), Caledonia (19,7 km northeast), Halstad, Minnesota ( 22.3 km east-southeast ), Grandin ( 20.7 km SSE ), Blanchard (18,9 km southwest ) and Mayville (29,7 km to the northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (294 km north), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior (434 km east), Minneapolis, Minnesota (444 km south-east ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (454 km south) and North Dakota's capital city Bismarck ( 353 km west-southwest ).
The border with Canada is located 183 km north.
Traffic
Through the West of Hillsboro runs in a north -south Interstate 29, which is the shortest route from Winnipeg to Kansas City in Missouri. In parallel, the North Dakota Highway 200 as the main road through the center of the city. All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
Parallel to I 29 runs a railroad line of the BNSF Railway through the city of Hillsboro. About the BNSF route service also operates the Amtrak Empire Builder from a non-stop through the city.
With the Hillsboro Municipal Airport is located 7.5 km south a small airfield. The nearest regional airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo ( 63.3 km to the south) and the Grand Forks International Airport ( 68.7 km to the north).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Hillsboro 1603 people in 687 households. The population density was 568.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 687 households lived statistically 2.28 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.9 percent White, 0.1 percent ( two) Black or African American, 1.5 percent Native American, 0.6 percent Asian and 3.0 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.9 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 5.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
25.6 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 55.7 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.7 percent were 65 years or older. 50.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,629. The per capita income was $ 20,791. 8.4 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Elmore Y. Sarles (1859-1929) - the ninth Governor of North Dakota (1905-1907) - lived until his death in Hillsboro