Watkins (Minnesota)
Meeker County
27-68620
Watkins is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Meeker County in the U.S. state of Minnesota. In 2010, Watkins had 962 inhabitants.
Geography
Watkins is located in south-central Minnesota at 45 ° 18'55 " north latitude and 94 ° 24'31 " west longitude. The site covers an area of 1.84 km ².
Towns nearby Watkins are Cold Spring (17,1 km to the north), Rockville (24,2 km northeast), Kimball (9.2 km to the east ), Kingston (20 km southeast), Eden Valley ( 12.2 km to the west ) and Richmond ( 24.4 km to the northwest ).
The nearest large towns are the Twin Cities (108 km east-southeast ), Des Moines, Iowa (510 km south), Omaha, Nebraska ( 560 km south-southwest ), Fargo, North Dakota (283 km north-west ) and Duluth at the westernmost point of Lake Superior (273 km northeast).
Traffic
The Minnesota State Route 55 runs in east-west direction as the main road through Watkins. All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and urban roads.
In parallel to MN 55 runs a railway line of the Canadian Pacific Railway through the city of Watkins.
The St. Cloud Regional Airport is located 50.6 km north east of Watkins a regional airport. The nearest major airport is located 125 km south-east Minneapolis -Saint Paul International Airport.
Demographic data
According to the census in 2010 lived in Watkins 962 people in 398 households. The population density was 522.8 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 398 households lived statistically 2.29 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.8 percent white, 0.5 percent African Americans, 0.2 percent ( two people) Native American, 0.2 percent ( two people) and Asians 0.3 percent from other ethnic groups. Regardless of ethnicity were 0.4 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
28.1 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 52.3 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.6 percent were 65 years or older. 52.8 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 28,654. The per capita income was $ 16,258. 14.9 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.
Local personalities
- Tommy Pederson (1920-1998), jazz trombonist and composer, born in Watkins