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As of the
census2
of 2000, there were 609 people, 256
households, and 142 families residing in
the city. The
population density was 237.5/km²
(617.0/mi²). There were 292 housing
units at an average density of 113.9/km²
(295.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the
city was 98.03%
White, 0.16%
African American, 0.49%
Native American, 0.49%
Asian, and 0.82% from two or more
races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 0.99% of the
population.
There were 256 households out of which
19.9% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 46.1% were
married couples living together,
6.6% had a female householder with no
husband present, and 44.5% were
non-families. 40.6% of all households
were made up of individuals and 27.3%
had someone living alone who was 65
years of age or older. The average
household size was 2.04 and the average
family size was 2.77.
In the city the
population was spread out with 17.1%
under the age of 18, 6.1% from 18 to 24,
17.9% from 25 to 44, 21.8% from 45 to
64, and 37.1% who were 65 years of age
or older. The median age was 52 years.
For every 100 females there were 76.0
males. For every 100 females age 18 and
over, there were 70.0 males.
The median income for
a household in the city was $25,125, and
the median income for a family was
$38,553. Males had a median income of
$27,500 versus $17,000 for females. The
per capita income for the city was
$14,913. About 3.6% of families and 8.3%
of the population were below the
poverty line, including 4.9% of
those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age
65 or over.
CLARISSA, a city in section 27 of Eagle Valley
Township, was incorporated as a village on April 22, 1897. Lewis
Bischoffsheim, a land speculator, owned the land but never came to the
area; his agent, George G. Howe, platted the townsite on July 21, 1879,
and gave it a form of Clarisse Bischoffsheim's name. Howe was born in
1825 in New York, came to Minnesota in 1855 and to Todd County in 1878,
and moved to Washington Territory in 1890, where he died in 1897. The
post office was established in 1880; the Great Northern Railway had a
spur station in section 36 and stopped at the Clarissa gravel pit in
section 26.
Established in 1964, Paladin, formerly
Attachment Technologies, Inc., has more than 1,500 employees
worldwide and is one of the nation’s largest independent
manufacturers and distributors of construction attachment
products. Paladin’s corporate office is located in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, with 16 manufacturing and distribution facilities in
California, Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, Ohio, Michigan,
Minnesota, Tennessee, Oregon, Wisconsin and Mexico.
Heritage Place
204 Ann Avenue W # 105
Clarissa, MN 56440
Phone: (218) 756-2462
Hinzmann Trucking
105 Ann Avenue W
Clarissa, MN 56440
Phone: (218) 756-3742
