Silver Bay, Minnesota Silver Bay, Minnesota Taconite Plant in Silver Bay Taconite Plant in Silver Bay Location of the town/city of Silver Baywithin Lake County, Minnesota Location of the town/city of Silver Bay Silver Bay and its large taconite tailings ponds, 2010 Silver Bay is a town/city in Lake County, Minnesota, United States.
Outer Drive (County Road 5), Penn Boulevard, and Minnesota Highway 61 are three of the chief routes in Silver Bay.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 8.36 square miles (21.65 km2), of which 7.89 square miles (20.44 km2) is territory and 0.47 square miles (1.22 km2) is water. Silver Bay is positioned 28 miles northeast of the town/city of Two Harbors.
The town/city of Silver Bay was established on May 1, 1954 after previously being known as the Beaver Bay housing project.
Silver Bay attained widespread publicity in the 1960s when it was identified that the Reserve Corporation was dumping taconite tailings into Lake Superior.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.9% White, 0.2% African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.3% from other competitions, and 1.0% from two or more competitions.
There were 836 homeholds of which 22.8% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.3% were married couples living together, 6.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 35.2% were non-families.
18.4% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.4% were from 25 to 44; 28.6% were from 45 to 64; and 28.8% were 65 years of age or older.
The ethnic makeup of the town/city was 97.68% White, 0.05% African American, 1.11% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.10% from other competitions, and 0.87% from two or more competitions.
There were 844 homeholds out of which 28.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 59.8% were married couples living together, 7.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 30.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 24.4% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 20.8% from 45 to 64, and 27.2% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $36,524, and the median income for a family was $41,667.
Silver Bay is served by the Silver Bay Municipal Airport.
Outer Drive (County Road 5), Penn Boulevard, and Minnesota Highway 61 are three of the chief routes in Silver Bay.
History of Silver Bay, Retrieved 2010-07-07 Silver Bay, MN Official Website Silver Bay's History - Link Municipalities and communities of Lake County, Minnesota, United States Beaver Bay Silver Bay Two Harbors Beaver Bay Crystal Bay Fall Lake Silver Creek Stony River Alger Castle Danger Cramer East Beaver Bay Highland Illgen City Isabella Knife River Larsmont Lax Lake Little Marais Mc - Nair Murphy City Sawbill Landing Section Thirty Silver Creek Stewart Toimi Wales
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