Wadena (Minnesota)
Wadena County Otter Tail County
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Wadena is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Wadena County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. A part of the metropolitan area dates back to the east adjacent Otter Tail County. In 2010, Wadena had 4088 inhabitants.
Geography
Wadena is located in central Minnesota at 46 ° 26'22 " north latitude and 95 ° 08'14 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 13.93 km ².
Towns nearby are Sebeka of Wadena (22,7 km to the north), Verndale (11,9 km to the southeast ), Hewitt ( 14.9 km SSE ), Deer Creek ( 16.2 km west-southwest ) and Bluffton ( 8.5 km WNW ).
The nearest major cities are Fargo, North Dakota (146 km west-northwest ), Duluth Lake Superior (257 km east), Minneapolis (247 km southeast), Minnesota's capital Saint Paul (265 km in the same direction) and Sioux Falls, South Dakota ( 417 km south-southwest ).
The border with Canada is located 306 km north.
Traffic
In the center of Wadena crosses the running from northwest to southeast U.S. Highway 10 U.S. Highway 71 with the junction with U.S. 71, the Minnesota State Route 29 in Wadena reaches its northern terminus. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In parallel to U.S. 10 runs a railway line of the BNSF Railway.
The Wadena Municipal Airport is located 8.3 km west of a small airfield. The next regional airports are the Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport ( 82.4 km to the east) and the Bemidji Regional Airport (135 km north). The nearest major airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo (164 km west-northwest ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport (270 km southeast).
History
The Wadena Township was established as well as the present town in 1871. Were named both the Township and the move to the County, which was named after the former Wadena Trading Post. 1873 a post office was established in Wadena. As an independent municipality Wadena was incorporated in 1881 and 1921 extracted from the Township.
In 2010 took a severe tornado in Wadena. There were 232 buildings destroyed without fatalities were lost.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Wadena 4088 people in 1840 households. The population density was 293.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 1840 households lived statistically 2.14 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 95.6 percent white, 1.6 percent African American, 0.3 percent Native American, 0.4 percent Asian and 0.2 percent from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
22.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 54.9 percent were between 18 and 64 and 23.0 percent were 65 years or older. 52.7 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 25,570. The per capita income was $ 19,070. 21.1 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Thomas H. Moodie (1878-1948) - 19th Governor of North Dakota - lived for several years in Wadena
- Harold Knutson (1880-1953) - Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1917-1949) - lived long in Wadena