Wahpeton (North Dakota)
Richland County
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Wahpeton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) and the administrative seat of Richland County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010, Wahpeton had 7766 inhabitants. By the estimation in year 2012, the population increased to 7800th
Geography
Wahpeton is located in southeastern North Dakota at the confluence of the Bois de Sioux River and Otter Tail River to the Red River of the North. Here, the Bois de Sioux River and the Red River form the border with the neighboring town of Breckenridge in Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 46 ° 15'55 of Wahpeton " north latitude and 96 ° 36'21 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 13.7 km ².
Neighboring cities of Wahpeton are Breckenridge ( across the river ), Kent in Minnesota ( 23.2 km NNW ), Doran (14,4 km southeast), Fairmount (25,3 km to the south), Great Bend (27,6 km southwest), Mooreton ( 22 km west ), Dwight (15 km west-northwest ) and Abercrombie ( 27.2 km NNW ).
The nearest major cities are Fargo ( 75.4 km NNW ), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior ( 383 km east-northeast ), Minneapolis, Minnesota (326 km south-east ), Sioux Falls, South Dakota (336 km south) and North Dakota's capital Bismarck ( 393 km west-northwest ).
Traffic
In the city of Wahpeton the North Dakota Highways 13, 127 and 210 meet together. The city is about two road bridges and a railway bridge with the neighboring town of Breckenridge connected. All other roads are minor roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
In node Wahpeton several railway lines of the Red River Valley and Western Railroad meet together, a regional railway company that operates freight traffic on land leased from the BNSF Railway tracks.
With the Harry Stern Airport in Wahpeton is located in the southern urban area, a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Hector International Airport in Fargo ( 85.7 km NNW ) and the Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport ( 349 km southeast).
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Wahpeton 7766 people in 3151 households. The population density was 566.9 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 3151 households lived statistically 2.17 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 92.6 percent white, 1.3 percent African American, 3.1 percent Native American, 0.8 percent Asian, 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent Polynesians from other ethnic groups; 1.8 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity, 2.0 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.3 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 67.1 percent were between 18 and 64 and 12.6 percent were 65 years or older. 48.4 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 44,089. The per capita income was $ 23,752. 13.3 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Memorable people
- Donald Grant Nutter (1915-1962) - 15th Governor of Montana - attended college in Wahpeton
- William E. Purcell (1856-1928) - Democratic U.S. Senator (1910-1911) - lived most of his life in Wapeton and is buried there
- Porter J. McCumber (1858-1933) - longtime Republican U.S. Senator from North Dakota (1899-1923) - long practiced as a lawyer in Wahpeton
- Sam Anderson ( born 1945 ) - actor - born and raised in Wahpeton