Larimore, North Dakota

Grand Forks County

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Larimore is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Grand Forks County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010 Larimore had 1346 inhabitants. The place was named after the farmer Newell G. Larimore.

Larimore is part of the metropolitan area of ​​Greater Grand Forks.

Geography

Larimore is located in eastern North Dakota. The city is located about two kilometers south of the Turtle River, a left tributary of the Red River of North, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates of 47 ° 54'30 Larimore are " north latitude and 97 ° 37'40 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.53 km ².

Neighbouring places of Larimore are Inkster (29,1 km to the north), Gilby (31,4 km northeast), the Grand Forks Air Force Base (23,1 km east-northeast ), Northwood (23,6 km to the south) and Niagara (26 7 km north-west ).

The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (249 km north), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior ( 478 km east-southeast ), Minneapolis, Minnesota ( 539 km southeast), Fargo (163 km south-southeast ) and North Dakota's capital city Bismarck ( 357 km west-southwest ).

The border with Canada is located 127 km north.

Traffic

Several kilometers north of Larimore runs in east-west direction of the four-lane U.S. Highway 2 through the urban area runs in a north -south direction of the North Dakota Highway 18 and Main Street. All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.

In Larimore several Railroads BNSF Railway meet together.

The Larimore Municipal Airport is located on the southwestern outskirts of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Grand Forks International Airport ( 40.6 km to the east), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (159 km south-southeast ) and the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (252 km north).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Larimore 1346 people in 552 households. The population density was 879.7 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 552 households lived statistically 2.37 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 92.3 percent white, 0.8 percent African American, 1.6 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 2.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 4.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

23.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 58.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 18.1 percent were 65 years or older. 51.9 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 53,882. The per capita income was $ 22,169. 10.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.

Memorable people

  • Eli Shortridge (1830-1908) - 1893-1895 third Governor of North Dakota - lived and worked for years in Larimore
  • William N. Roach (1840-1902) - 1893-1899 Democratic U.S. Senator - lived and worked for years in Larimore
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