Mayville (North Dakota)
Traill County
38-51500
Mayville is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Traill County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010, Mayville had 1858 inhabitants. Mayville is closely linked with the neighboring city of Portland.
Geography
Mayville is located in eastern North Dakota on the Goose River. About 25 km to the east opens this in the Red River of the North, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 47 ° 29'59 Mayville " north latitude and 97 ° 19'32 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 4.97 km ².
The city lies between the centers of Grand Forks ( 70.4 km NNE ) and Fargo ( 95.4 km SSE ). Towns nearby Mayville are Portland ( at the western city limits ), Hatton ( 24.1 km north west ), Buxton (29,1 km northeast), Hillsboro (29,7 km southeast) and Clifford (23,1 km south-southwest ).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (300 km north), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior ( 462 km east-southeast ), Minneapolis, Minnesota (472 km south-east ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (482 km south) and North Dakota's capital city Bismarck ( 337 km west-southwest ).
The border with Canada is located 186 km north.
Traffic
About 15 kilometers east of Mayville runs in a north -south Interstate 29, which is the shortest route from Winnipeg to Kansas City in Missouri. In the urban area the Dakota Highways 18 and 200 meet together. All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In Mayville is the southeastern end of a branch line of the BNSF Railway.
The Mayville Municipal Airport is located 2.8 km south of a small airfield. The nearest regional airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo ( 91.1 km SSE ) and the Grand Forks International Airport ( 61.6 km NNE ).
Education
Mayville is the seat of Mayville State University. This is part of the North Dakota University System and has the campus of Mayville 1020 enrolled students.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Mayville 1858 people in 773 households. The population density was 373.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 773 households lived statistically 2.03 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 94.2 percent White, 1.8 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.9 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 2.2 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
15.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 62.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 22.4 percent were 65 years or older. 51.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,298. The per capita income was $ 23,564. 13.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Norman Brunsdale (1891-1978) - 24th Governor of North Dakota ( 1951-1957 ) and U.S. senator ( 1959-1960 ) - lived in Mayville and is buried here
- Usher L. Burdick (1879-1960) - the eighth Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota (1911-1912) and member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1935-1945 and 1949-1959) - grew up in Mayville
- Lute Olson ( b. 1934 ) - Coach - born in Mayville