Merrifield (Minnesota)
Crow Wing County
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Merrifield is a settlement on community- free area in Crow Wing County in the northern center of the U.S. state of Minnesota. For statistical purposes, the place has been combined to form a census-designated place (CDP). In 2010, Merrifield had 140 inhabitants.
Geography
Merrifield is located on the northeastern shore of North Long Lake and about 2 km west of the upper Mississippi. The town is located at 46 ° 27'54 " north latitude, 91 ° 10'22 " west longitude and extending 1.41 km ². The place is located in the Lake Edward Township.
Towns nearby Merrifield are Breezy Point (Minnesota) (16,3 km to the north) and Brainerd (14,3 km to the south).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (214 km south-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (228 km in the same direction), Eau Claire, Wisconsin ( 357 km southeast), Duluth Lake Superior (192 km east) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 234 km west ).
The border with Canada is located 270 km north.
Traffic
In Merrifield several County Roads and minor country roads and unpaved roadways come together.
From northwest to south runs along a former railway line of the former Burlington Northern Railroad of the Paul Bunyan State Trail by Merrifield, a named after the legendary lumberjack Paul Bunyan Rail Trail.
With the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport is located 17.1 km south east of Merrifield a small regional airport. The nearest major airport is 237 km south-southeast location Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Merrifield 140 people in 69 households. The population density was 99.3 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 69 households lived statistically 2.03 per person.
Ethnically, the population consisted with three exceptions only from whites. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent (two persons) of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
7.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 65.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.9 percent were 65 years or older. 49.3 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 45,156. The per capita income was $ 28,014. No one was living below the poverty line.