Hewitt, Minnesota | |
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Location of Hewitt, Minnesota | |
Coordinates: 46°19′23″N 95°5′17″W / 46.32306°N 95.08806°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Minnesota |
County | Todd |
Area | |
• Total | 2.0 sq mi (5.3 km2) |
• Land | 2.0 sq mi (5.3 km2) |
• Water | 0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 1,371 ft (418 m) |
Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 266 |
• Density | 133.0/sq mi (50.2/km2) |
Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
• Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
ZIP code | 56453 |
Area code(s) | 218 |
FIPS code | 27-28754[2] |
GNIS feature ID | 0644919[3] |
Hewitt is a city in Todd County, Minnesota, United States, along the Wing River. The population was 266 at the 2010 census.[1] It was named in honor of Henry Hewitt, one of the first settlers to the area
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.0 square miles (5.2 km2), all of it land.
U.S. Route 71 and Minnesota State Highway 210 are two of the main routes in the community.
As of the census[2] of 2000, there were 267 people, 109 households, and 69 families residing in the city. The population density was 130.3 people per square mile (50.3/km²). There were 122 housing units at an average density of 59.5 per square mile (23.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.88% White, 0.37% Native American, 0.37% Asian, and 0.37% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.75% of the population.
There were 109 households out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.4% were married couples living together, 6.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.8% were non-families. 27.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.90.
In the city the population was spread out with 23.6% under the age of 18, 10.5% from 18 to 24, 24.0% from 25 to 44, 22.8% from 45 to 64, and 19.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 110.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.0 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $26,161, and the median income for a family was $27,500. Males had a median income of $22,500 versus $18,750 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,520. About 7.7% of families and 13.4% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under the age of eighteen and 18.1% of those sixty five or over.
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Coordinates: 46°19′32″N 95°05′12″W / 46.32556°N 95.08667°W
Minnesota (i/mɪnᵻˈsoʊtə/; locally
[ˌmɪnəˈso̞ɾə]) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858, created from the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory. The name comes from the Dakota word for "clear blue water". Owing to its large number of lakes, the state is informally known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes". Its official motto is L'Étoile du Nord (French: Star of the North).
Minnesota is the 12th largest in area and the 21st most populous of the U.S. States; nearly 60 percent of its residents live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area (known as the "Twin Cities"), the center of transportation, business, industry, education, and government and home to an internationally known arts community. The remainder of the state consists of western prairies now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation.
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The Minnesota Grape Growers Association (MGGA) is a statewide organization that promotes grape growing and wine making in the state and also in cold-hardy climates. Minnesota is home to the International Cold Climate Wine Competition (ICCWC) hosted annually by a partnership between MGGA and University of Minnesota. This is the only wine competition solely dedicated to the promotion of quality wines made mainly from cold-hardy grape varieties. In 2014, the 6th annual competition saw 284 wines entered from 59 commercial wineries in 11 states. Awards were based on blind tastings by 21 expert judges, who include enologists, wine writers, restaurateurs, retailers, and wine educators.
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It rises in southwestern Minnesota, in Big Stone Lake on the Minnesota–South Dakota border just south of the Laurentian Divide at the Traverse Gap portage. It flows southeast to Mankato, then turns northeast. It joins the Mississippi south of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, near the historic Fort Snelling. The valley is one of several distinct regions of Minnesota. Of Dakota language origin, the name Minnesota means "sky-tinted water or cloudy-sky water", from mní (often transcribed as "minne" or "mini") meaning "water" and sóta meaning "sky-tinted" or "cloudy sky", and, refers to the milky-brown color its waters take on when at flood stage. An illustration of the meaning of these words was shown by dropping a little milk into water. For over a century prior to the organization of the Minnesota Territory in 1849, the name St. Pierre (St. Peter) had been generally applied to the river by French and English explorers and writers. Minnesota River is shown on the 1757 edition of Mitchell Map as "Ouadebameniſsouté [Watpá Mnísota] or R. St. Peter". On June 19, 1852, acting upon a request from the Minnesota territorial legislature, the United States Congress decreed the aboriginal name for the river, Minnesota, to be the river’s official name and ordered all agencies of the federal government to use that name when referencing it.