Marshall, Minnesota
Marshall, Minnesota Main Street in downtown Marshall Location of the town/city of Marshallwithin Lyon Countyin the state of Minnesota Location of the town/city of Marshall Website City of Marshall Marshall is a town/city in Lyon County, Minnesota, United States.
The populace was 13,680 at the 2010 census. Marshall is a county-wide center in southwest Minnesota, and the governmental center of county of Lyon County. Marshall is the command posts of the Schwan Food Company and the home of Southwest Minnesota State University.
Marshall is also the site of Exelon Wind's Marshall Wind Project. Marshall was platted in 1872 when the barns was extended to that point. Lake Marshall Township had been established in the region two years earlier, and encompassed a postal service and a several farms.
Marshall became an incorporated village in 1876, and a town/city on February 20, 1901.
In April, 1874, the small-town paper estimated the populace of Marshall at 300, by 1900 the populace was 2,088.
During both the spring and fall of 2010, the Marshall region experienced unseasonably high amounts of moisture, yet the Redwood River remained inside its banks through town.
Southwest Minnesota State University was established in 1963 and opened its doors in 1967.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 10.08 square miles (26.11 km2), of which 10.07 square miles (26.08 km2) is territory and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. It is positioned in a dominantly non-urban and agricultural region that was originally an expanse of northern tallgrass prairie.
Highway 59 and Minnesota State Highways 19, 23, and 68 are four of the chief routes in the city.
Marshall is not presently served by scheduled air service, but charter flights are available. There were 5,394 homeholds of which 29.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were married couples living together, 9.0% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 3.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 44.5% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 23.9% under the age of 18, 19.1% from 18 to 24, 26.8% from 25 to 44, 17.7% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
69.6% of the citizens in Marshall partner with a particular religion.
The Schwan Food Company, headquartered in Marshall, is one of the biggest frozen-food companies in the United States.
With approximately 14,000 employees in the United States, The Schwan Food Company has grown to turn into one of the biggest producers of frozen pizza and egg rolls in the nation.
Schwans employs approximately 1,500 citizens in Marshall.
One of Marshall's streets downtown, Marvin Schwan Memorial Drive, positioned between College Drive (Marshall's chief through street) and A Street, is titled after Marvin Schwan, the founder of the Schwan Food Company, who died in 1993.
A large corn wet-milling facility directed by Archer Daniels Midland Company is positioned in Marshall.
Other primary employers in the town/city are US Bancorp, Affiliiated Community Medical Centers (ACMC), Avera Marshall Regional Medical Center, Hy-Vee, Shopko, Runnings Farm and Fleet, Menards, Wal-Mart Supercenter, Southwest Minnesota State University, Turkey Valley Farms, and Marshall Public Schools. Marshall has a mayor and town/city council that meet twice monthly.
The primary divisions of town/city hall are City Administration, Community Services, Economic Development, General Services, Public Safety, and Public Works.
Public schools in precinct 413 include Marshall Senior High School, Marshall Middle School, Parkside Elementary, and West Side Elementary.
Private schools include Holy Redeemer, Marshall Area Christian, and Samuel Lutheran School.
Southwest Minnesota State University is a public, four year liberal arts and experienced studies institution.
The prominent Holocaust and genocide studies scholar, Eric Markusen, worked as a professor of Sociology and Social Work at Southwest Minnesota State University.
Gullickson still has many family members who live in and around the Marshall area.
Isiah Whitlock Jr., an actor whose resume includes feature part s in the cable TV show The Wire and the comedy film Cedar Rapids, studied theater at Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall.
Former Republican Minority Leader of the Minnesota State House of Representatives, Marty Seifert, is a Marshall resident and a graduate of Southwest Minnesota State University.
Health care reform prestige and executive Lois Quam graduated from Marshall High School in 1979.
Prairie town: A history of Marshall, Minnesota, 1872-1997.
Marshall, MN: Lyon County Historical Society.
United States Enumeration Bureau.
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Marshall Area Chamber of Commerce Marshall Convention and Visitors Bureau website Municipalities and communities of Lyon County, Minnesota, United States
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Cities in Minnesota - Cities in Lyon County, Minnesota - County seats in Minnesota - University suburbs in the United States
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