Park River (North Dakota)
Walsh County
38-60900
River Park is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Walsh County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010, Park River had 1403 inhabitants.
Geography
River Park is located on the eponymous river in eastern North Dakota, about 45 km west of the Red River of North, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates of 48 ° 23'44 Park River are " north latitude and 97 ° 44'43 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 5.62 km ².
Towns nearby are Crystal River Park 27.8 km north-northeast, Hoople (22,9 km northeast), Grafton 25.5 km east, Pisek ( 12.1 km SSE ), Lankin (23,6 km southwest), Adams (26, 2 miles west) and Edinburgh ( 19.9 km north west ).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (203 km north- north-east ), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior ( 520 km east-southeast ), Grand Forks ( 89.9 km southeast) Fargo (215 km south-southeast ) and North Dakota's capital city Bismarck ( 402 km south-west ).
The border with Canada is located 80.2 km north.
Traffic
The North Dakota Highway 17 leads in west-east direction as the main road through the city of Park River. All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Park River runs a railroad line of the BNSF Railway.
The Park River Airport -W. C. Skjerven Field is located at the western city limits of a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Grand Forks International Airport (95 km southeast), the Hector International Airport in Fargo (210 km south-southeast ) and the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (205 km north-northeast ).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Park River 1403 people in 643 households. The population density was 249.6 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 643 households lived statistically 2.07 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.0 percent White, 1.3 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.4 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.1 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 2.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
21.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 51.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 27.5 percent were 65 years or older. 51.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 40,500. The per capita income was $ 26,105. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Roger Allin (1848-1936) - 1895-1897 fourth Governor of North Dakota - lived and worked for many years in Park River and is buried here
- Dave Elman (1900-1967) - hypnotist and author - born in Park River