Redwood Falls, Minnesota Redwood Falls, Minnesota Street in downtown Redwood Falls Street in downtown Redwood Falls Location of Redwood Fallswithin Redwood County and state of Minnesota Location of Redwood Falls inside Redwood County and state of Minnesota Counties Redwood Redwood Falls is a town/city in Redwood County, positioned along the Redwood River near its confluence with the Minnesota River, in the U.S.
As the immigrant and Euro-American populace of the North American east coast region grew, populace pressures affected citizens far inland.
The Minnesota region is the ancestral homeland of the a several Dakota citizens s, who consisted of the loosely confederated Oceti sakowin (Seven Council Fires).
The Dakota agreed to live on a twenty-mile-wide reservation centered on a 75-mile stretch of the upper Minnesota River.
The site of the future town of Redwood Falls was inside the Dakota reservation region along the lower Minnesota River.
At an August 15, 1862 meeting attended by Dakota representatives, Indian Agent Thomas Galbraith, and delegates of the traders, the traders resisted pleas to distribute provisions held in agency warehouses to starving Dakota until the annuity payments arrived.
Government hanged 38 participants and attempted to expel the Dakota citizens from Minnesota altogether.
But it ended up maintaining the Lower Sioux Indian Reservation in Redwood County.
Troops in the war and was a territory speculator, claimed the territory where Redwood Falls was developed.
Mc - Phail presented the Redwood Falls Patriot from 1866 to 1869.
He was a probate judge and first Redwood County attorney.
In 1872, he donated territory for the county courthouse as Redwood Falls was designated as the county seat.
Honner claimed territory north of Redwood Falls.
Honner directed a granite quarry near North Redwood and supplied the contemporary for the county courthouse.
After World War II, Redwood Falls was home to the Minnesota Inventors Congress.
The town/city of Redwood Falls took over Alexander Ramsey Park in 1958 from the state of Minnesota.
The metros/cities of North Redwood and Redwood Falls consolidated in 1996; they are now known as the single entity Redwood Falls.
In 2010 Native Americans composed more than 6% of the populace in the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 5.38 square miles (13.93 km2); 5.25 square miles (13.60 km2) is territory and 0.13 square miles (0.34 km2) is water. The Redwood River flows through the town/city near its mouth at the Minnesota River. Redwood Falls is positioned along U.S.
Other chief highways in the town/city include Minnesota State Highways 19 and 67. Redwood Falls has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Koppen Dsa), with hot summers and freezing winters.
Climate data for Redwood Falls (1981-2010) As of the census of 2010, there were 5,254 citizens , 2,265 homeholds, and 1,341 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 87.8% White, 0.6% African American, 6.6% Native American, 0.7% Asian, 0.6% from other competitions, and 3.6% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,265 homeholds of which 28.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 42.8% were married couples living together, 12.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 40.8% were non-families.
The median age in the town/city was 42.1 years.
24.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 7.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.4% were from 25 to 44; 26.4% were from 45 to 64; and 20.7% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 5,459 citizens , 2,266 homeholds, and 1,389 families residing in the city.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 93.28% White, 0.22% African American, 3.88% Native American, 0.48% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.77% from other competitions, and 1.34% from two or more competitions.
There were 2,266 homeholds out of which 30.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 49.2% were married couples living together, 9.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 38.7% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 25.0% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 25.6% from 25 to 44, 23.1% from 45 to 64, and 19.3% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $38,812, and the median income for a family was $52,589.
About 5.3% of families and 7.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.3% of those under age 18 and 10.8% of those age 65 or over.
"Redwood Falls Airport monthly summarized data (1981-2010)".
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