Littlefork, Minnesota
Koochiching County
27-37592
Littlefork is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Koochiching County in the north of the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Littlefork had 647 inhabitants.
Geography
Littlefork is located in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border on the Little Fork River, a tributary of the Rainy River. The town is located at 48 ° 23'56 " north latitude, 93 ° 33'21 " west longitude and extending over 3.08 km ².
Neighbouring places of Littlefork are Pelland (15,6 km to the north), Ray (26,3 km to the east ), Big Falls (32,9 km southwest) and Lindford (18,5 km to the west ).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota ( 363 km southwest ), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (371 km north-west ), Thunder Bay on Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada ( 383 km east ), Duluth (259 km south-southeast ) and Minneapolis (446 km south).
The Canadian border is 16 km north.
Traffic
U.S. Highway 71 passes in northeast -southwest direction to Littlefork. In the urban area, the Minnesota State Routes 17 and 65 meet together. All other roads are subordinate and partly unpaved roadways and within local roads.
At the northwestern outskirts of Littlefork located with the Littlefork Municipal / Hanover Airport is a small regional airport. The next airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo ( 363 km southwest ), the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport ( 379 km north-west ), the Thunder Bay International Airport ( 381 km east ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 459 km south ).
History
In the late 19th century, the first white settlers came to the region and settled along the Little Fork River, as the rivers at that time formed the only road access. The logging and the associated processing time was the most important industry.
In 1904, the desire of the residents was presented to the competent authorities in the County and the State to establish an independent municipality. The request was granted and the Village of Littlefork was incorporated. In 1974, the Littlefork now only for all independent municipalities Minnesota Status "City" was awarded.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Littlefork 647 people in 258 households. The population density was 210.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 258 households lived statistically 2.33 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 99.1 percent white, 0.2 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.6 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.0 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.2 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.8 percent were 65 years or older. 54.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 47,692. The per capita income was $ 25,258. 9.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.