Guide to Lester Prairie Minnesota

Lester Prairie (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

1,162

1,229

1,180

1,377

1,730

+353

+25.64

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.40

0.60

0.57

0.72

0.86

+0.14

+19.44

Density (persons per sq. mile)

2,905.0

2,048.3

2,070.2

1,910.4

2,011.6

+101.2

+5.30

Housing Units

330

439

461

531

704

+173

+32.58

Households

422

446

516

654

+138

+26.74

Persons Per Household

2.79

2.65

2.67

2.65

-0.02

-0.75

Lester Prairie is a city in McLeod County, Minnesota, along the South Fork of the Crow River. County Highways 1, 9, and 23 are the main routes in the community. Minnesota State Highway 7 is in close proximity to the city. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.86 square miles (2.23 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 981 ft (299 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2010, there were 1,730 people, 654 households, and 463 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,011.6 inhabitants per square mile (776.7 /km2). There were 704 housing units at an average density of 818.6 per square mile (316.1 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 93.9% White, 0.2% African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 3.8% from other races, and 0.9% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.3% of the population.

There were 654 households of which 37.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.2% were non-families. 21.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.65 and the average family size was 3.11.

The median age in the city was 33.8 years. 28% of residents were under the age of 18; 7.6% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 29.3% were from 25 to 44; 23.5% were from 45 to 64; and 11.7% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

LESTER PRAIRIE, a city in section 2 in Bergen, platted in 1886 and incorporated on September 13, 1888, was named in honor of John N. Lester and his wife, Maria Lester, whose homestead farm included a part of its site. The city was incorporated again on March 19, 1912, when it separated from the township. Its first store opened in 1887, and the post office opened in 1888 at George Chamber's lumberyard with Lena McConahy as postmaster; it had a Great Northern Railway station.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

Front Street looking east, Lester Prairie Minnesota, 1920s
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