Ortonville (Minnesota)

Big Stone County Lac qui Parle County

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Ortonville is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Big Stone County in the western part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. A small part of the metropolitan area extends into the Lac qui Parle County. In 2010 Ortonville had 1916 inhabitants.

Geography

Ortonville is located at the south end of Big Stone Lake, where the effluent is the start of the Minnesota River. The city is located at 45 ° 18'17 " north latitude and 96 ° 26'41 " west longitude and extending over 9.22 km ². Ortonville is located predominantly in the Ortonville Township, but extends to small parts also in the Big Stone Township and the Yellow Bank Township Lac qui Parle County of. The western city limit is also the border with South Dakota.

Neighboring cities of Ortonville are Big Stone City, South Dakota (at the western city limits ), Clinton (18,2 km to the north) and Odessa (12,3 km southeast).

The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (268 km east-southeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (287 km in the same direction), Rochester (406 km south-east ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (222 km south) and Fargo, North Dakota (188 km north ).

Traffic

In the southeast of the urban area crosses the running in the east-west U.S. Highway 12 leading from north to south U.S. Highway 75 The Start of Big Stone Lake extending Minnesota State Routes 7 performs as the main road through the center of Ortonville and leaves the city together with U.S. 75 in a southeasterly direction. All other roads within Marshall are minor roadways or urban roads.

Through the city is a railway line of the Twin Cities and Western Railroad.

The Ortonville Municipal Airport is located in the east of the urban area of Ortonville. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (285 km east-southeast ).

Demographic data

According to the census in 2010 lived in Ortonville 1916 people in 884 households. The population density was 207.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 884 households lived statistically 2.07 per person.

The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American, 0.1 percent (one person) Asians and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.3 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

19.7 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.5 percent were between 18 and 64 and 28.8 percent were 65 years or older. 53.5 percent of the population was female.

The median annual income for a household was $ 40,969. The per capita income was $ 25,156. 15.6 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.