Guide to Audubon Minnesota

Audubon (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

297

383

411

445

519

+74

+16.63

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.40

0.56

0.50

0.58

0.56

-0.02

-3.45

Density (persons per sq. mile)

742.50

683.93

822.00

763.96

926.79

+162.83

+21.31

Housing Units

112

163

191

228

+37

+19.37

Households

142

149

175

194

+19

+10.86

Persons Per Household

2.70

2.76

2.54

2.67

+0.13

+5.12

Audubon is a city in Becker County, Minnesota. U.S. Route 10 serves as a main route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.56 square miles (1.45 km²), all of which is land. The elevation is 1,316 ft (401 m). The elevation is 1,316 feet above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 519 people, 194 households, and 132 families residing in the city. The population density was 926.8 inhabitants per square mile (357.8/km2). There were 228 housing units at an average density of 407.1 per square mile (157.2/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.4% White, 1.7% African American, 2.1% Native American, 0.2% Asian, and 2.5% from two or more races.

There were 194 households of which 41.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.5% were married couples living together, 9.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 32.0% were non-families. 23.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.20.

The median age in the city was 29.4 years. 31.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.8% were from 25 to 44; 19.1% were from 45 to 64; and 10.8% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.4% male and 48.6% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

AUDUBON Township was organized August 19, 1871, but was named successively Windom, Colfax, and Oak Lake, holding the last of these names from 1872 until 1881. The Northern Pacific station and village established here, also the small lake adjoining the village site, had received the name Audubon in August 1871 in honor of John James Audubon (1780-1851), the great American ornithologist celebrated for his pictures of birds. This name was proposed by his niece, a member of a party of tourists who "camped where the Audubon depot now stands." In January 1881 the township name was changed to Audubon, and on February 23 of that year the village was incorporated.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

State Bank of Audubon Minnesota, 1910s?
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