Slayton (Minnesota)
Murray County
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Slayton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Murray County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Slayton had 2153 inhabitants.
Geography
Slayton is located in southwestern Minnesota at 43 ° 59'18 " north latitude and 95 ° 45'21 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 5.08 km ².
Neighbouring places of Slayton are Garvin (26,6 km to the north), Currie (16,7 km northeast), Avoca ( 10.6 km southeast), Iona (10.2 km to the south ) and Hadley (9.3 miles west).
The nearest major cities are Minneapolis (287 km east-northeast ), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul ( 300 km in the same direction), Rochester (291 km east), Iowa's capital, Des Moines (434 km south-east ), Omaha, Nebraska (364 km south), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (119 km southwest) and Fargo, North Dakota ( 368 km north-northwest ).
Traffic
Along the northeastern edge runs the U.S. Highway 59 through the north of the city, the Minnesota &nsp; State Route 30 leads All other roads within Slayton are minor rural roads, some unpaved roadways or within city roads.
The Slayton Municipal Airport is located on the western outskirts of Slayton. The nearest major airport is the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (282 km east-northeast ).
History
1881, the territory of the present-day city was acquired from working for the railroad property agent Charles Wesley Slayton. In the country, a settlement was established on schedule, which was given the name Slayton. 1887, the town was incorporated as the City of Slayton. In 2012 was celebrated the 125 anniversary of Slayton.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Slayton 2153 people in 946 households. The population density was 423.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 946 households lived statistically 2.2 persons each.
The racial the population was composed of 98.0 percent white, 0.3 percent African American, 0.1 percent Native American, 0.2 percent Asian and 0.7 percent from other ethnic groups; 0.7 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 1.2 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
23.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 49.8 percent were between 18 and 64 and 26.9 percent were 65 years or older. 53.0 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 45,568. The per capita income was $ 23,109. 11.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.