Montpelier (Idaho)
Bear Lake County
16-53920
Montpelier is a city in Bear Lake County in the U.S. state of Idaho. In 2000, the city had 2785 inhabitants. It is the largest settlement in the Bear Lake Valley, an agricultural area north of Bear Lakes in southeastern Idaho along the border with Utah. The first settlers who settled in 1863, Mormons were on the Oregon Trail.
History
Like most places in the western United States, the name of Montpelier has changed several times. The settlers on the Oregon Trail knew the place as Clover Creek and later the name Belmont was used until eventually gave Brigham Young, one of the founders of Mormonism, the place its name after his birthplace in Vermont. In 1892 a railway line was out until after Montpelier in Montpelier and a station existed until 1972.
1896 Montpelier was the scene of a bank robbery by Butch Cassidy, Elzy Lay and Bob Meeks who thereby come to money and thus being able to raise a deposit for the band member Matt Warner.
Geography
Montpelier is located at the intersection of highways U.S. Highway 89 and U.S. Highway 30; the geographical coordinates of Montpelier are 42 ° 19 ' N, 111 ° 18' W42.320277777778 - 111.30361111111.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.8 km ² which completely composed of land.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, lived in the city in 2785 people. The population density was 584.4 people per km ². There were 1171 housing units at an average 245.7 per km ². The population consisted of 96.70 % White, 0.61% Native American, 0.04 % Pacific Islander, 1.97 % reported from other races, and 0.68 % from two or more races. 3.81 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents of Montpelier distributed to 1012 households out of which 38.4 % were living in children under 18 years. 58.7 % married couples living together, 8.8 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 26.6% of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 13.9 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.70 and the average family size is 3.31 people.
The city population was spread out with 32.3 % under the, 8.3 % 18 -24- year-old, 23.6 % 25 -44- year-old, 19.4% 45-64 year olds and 16.6 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 34 years. For every 100 females there were 96.3 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 93.4 males.
The median household income in Montpelier was 29,693 U.S. dollars and the median family income reached the height of 33,639 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 32,215 U.S. dollars, compared to 15,227 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income in Montpelier was 12,364 U.S. dollars. 12.9 % of the population and 9.2% of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 17.6 % of minors and 9.2 % of those age 65 or over.
Attractions
- Bear Lake National Wildlife Refuge
- Minnetonka Cave
- National Oregon / California Trail Center
- Place in Idaho
- Location in North America
- Bear Lake County