International Falls, Minnesota
Koochiching County
27-31040
International Falls is a city ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Koochiching County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, International Falls had 6424 inhabitants.
Geography
International Falls is located on the Rainy River, which separates the city from the northern city of Fort Frances in the Canadian province of Ontario. Both places are connected to each other via a partial toll bridge. The river forms the outflow of a few kilometers north-eastern Rainy Lake. About 18 kilometers east extends the Voyageurs National Park. According to the United States Census Bureau, the area of the city is 16.6 square miles, of which 0.4 square miles of water.
History
Although the area was known to the explorers and missionaries International Falls in the 17th century, the area remained largely uninhabited until the late 19th century. The settlement was founded was called the Koochiching, which in the language of the Ojibwa as " adjacent to the lake and river " means.
On August 10, 1901 she was awarded the status of a Village. Two years later it was renamed to International Falls, according to the position of the flux with the Koochiching Falls as a border between Canada and the United States. In 1909, a city International Falls.
At the beginning of the 20th century the entrepreneur Edward Wellington Backus recognized the potential of the river for its Minnesota and Ontario Paper Company. He built his sawmill and for energy a dam on the Rainy River. Up to the present the company in 1965 adopted by the Boise Cascade is one of the largest employers in the region.
Climate
International case may be, with an average temperature of 2.4 degrees Celsius as one of the coldest cities in the 48 contiguous States of the United States. The city is often referred to as the " Icebox of the Nation", although Fraser, Colorado claimed the name for themselves. At an average of 64 days a year the temperature is below 0 degrees Fahrenheit ( minus 17.4 degrees Celsius). In the summer months it can still be very warm. The highest recorded temperature is 39.4 degrees Celsius and was measured in July. The lowest temperature was measured in January with -48 degrees Celsius.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in International Falls 6424 people in 2903 households. The population density was 396.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 2903 households lived statistically 2.16 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 93.3 percent white, 1.0 percent African American, 2.5 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.1 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.1 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.9 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.8 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 30,094. The per capita income was $ 23,563. 16.0 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Kevin Constantine (born 1958 ), professional ice hockey goaltender and coach
- Mike Curran ( born 1944 ), professional ice hockey goaltender
- Tamara Faye Messner (1942-2007), Christian singer, author and television personality
- Bronko Nagurski (1908-1990), American football player ( grew up in International Falls and lived )