Meadowlands, Minnesota
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| Meadowlands, Minnesota | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | St. Louis |
| Area | |
| - Total | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km²) |
| - Land | 0.4 sq mi (1.0 km²) |
| - Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km²) |
| Elevation | 1,276 ft (389 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 111 |
| - Density | 291.1/sq mi (112.4/km²) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| - Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| FIPS code | 27-41372[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 0661897[2] |
Meadowlands is a city in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 111 at the 2000 census.
County Highway 133 and County Highway 5 are two of the main arterial routes in the community.
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[edit] History
Meadowlands, as its name would suggest, is one of the few areas of arable land in St. Louis County. While Meadowlands prospered and grew due to the support it provided to the region's farms, the steady decline in those same farms (and the large families they supported) during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s heralded the beginning of the town's gradual decline.
During its heyday, Meadowlands was home to a number of businesses including a Ford dealership (which also carried New Holland farm machinery), a bank, a farmer's cooperative store, a grocery store, a commercial laundry, a cheese factory, various restaurants, a movie theater and the Toivola-Meadowlands School, a K-12 institution. However, the loss of the large farm families gradually reduced the student population until Independent School District 710 chose to close the school. An attempt was made to covert T-M into a "Charter School", but it ultimately proved unsuccessful. Before closing, the school sent its 9-man football team to the Minnesota State Finals twice in the 1980s.
Currently it possesses only a single small grocery store, one bar/cafe, a second bar (with a cafe planned for the near future), a small call center for a Minnesota-based furniture store chain and a gas station.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.4 square miles (1.0 km²), all of it land.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 111 people, 53 households, and 28 families residing in the city. The population density was 291.1 people per square mile (112.8/km²). There were 61 housing units at an average density of 159.9/sq mi (62.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.30% White and 2.70% Native American.
There were 53 households out of which 22.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 45.3% were non-families. 37.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 34.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.09 and the average family size was 2.72.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.4% under the age of 18, 1.8% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 10.8% from 45 to 64, and 31.5% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 82.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.1 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $20,625, and the median income for a family was $23,750. Males had a median income of $35,000 versus $23,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $11,682. There were 3.7% of families and 14.0% of the population living below the poverty line, including 16.0% of under eighteens and 26.9% of those over 64.
[edit] References
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
