Sebeka, Minnesota
Wadena County
27-59152
Sebeka is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Wadena County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010 Sebeka had 711 inhabitants.
Geography
Sebeka is located in central Minnesota at 46 ° 37'42 " north latitude and 95 ° 05'27 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 6.4 km ².
Neighbouring places of Sebeka Menahga are (14,6 km to the north ), Nimrod (16,6 km east), Wadena ( 22.7 km to the south) and Bluffton (29,9 km southwest).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (145 miles west), Duluth Lake Superior (280 km east), Minneapolis (269 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (288 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 433 km south-southwest ).
The border with Canada is located 283 km north.
Traffic
In the center of Sebeka of U.S. Highway 71 and Minnesota State Route 227 meet at its western terminus. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
The Wadena Municipal Airport is located 31 km south-southwest of a small airfield. The next regional airports are the Bemidji Regional Airport (113 km north ) and the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport (105 km east-southeast ). The nearest major airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo (170 km west) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (293 km southeast).
History
Sebeka was founded in 1891 and named after the Ojibwe word for village by the river. In the same year a post office was established. 1892 the railroad came after Sebeka. In 1898 the town was incorporated as the Village of Sebeka.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Sebeka 711 people in 321 households. The population density was 11.1 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 321 households lived statistically 2.21 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 97.9 percent white, 0.4 percent African Americans and 0.1 percent of Native Americans; 1.5 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.8 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
26.2 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 53.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 20.7 percent were 65 years or older. 52.2 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 30,833. The per capita income was $ 17,022. 23.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.