Guide to Solway Minnesota

Solway (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2008
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1990-2000 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

-5

-6.76

Land Area (sq. mile)

1.00

1.06

1.03

-0.00

-0.15

Density (persons per sq. mile)

96.0

84.0

71.8

67.1

-4.76

-6.62

Housing Units

0.00

Households

8.00

Persons Per Household

3.18

2.96

2.56

2.41

-0.40

-13.51

Solway is a city in Beltrami County, Minnesota. US Highway 2 serves as the main arterial route in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.7 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,450 ft (442 m) above sea level.

As of the census of 2000, there were 69 people, 27 households, and 17 families residing in the city. The population density was 67.1 people per square mile (25.9/km²). There were 32 housing units at an average density of 31.1/sq mi (12.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 98.55% White and 1.45% Native American.

There were 27 households out of which 33.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 11.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families. 29.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 3.24.

In the city the population was spread out with 31.9% under the age of 18, 5.8% from 18 to 24, 20.3% from 25 to 44, 29.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 122.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 123.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $25,625, and the median income for a family was $34,375. Males had a median income of $35,625 versus $11,875 for females. The per capita income for the city was $19,912. There were 15.8% of families and 29.4% of the population living below the poverty line, including 55.0% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

SOLWAY, a city in section 28 of Lammers Township, and the Solway Lumber Company, which formerly worked in its vicinity, were named after Solway Firth, the wide inlet from the Irish Sea between England and Scotland. The post office began in 1898, the school was built in 1899, and by 1900 there were seven saloons, two hotels, two livery barns, several restaurants and stores, a weekly newspaper, a blacksmith, a feed store, a jail, a sawmill, and a hall, many of which burned in fires between 1905 and 1910; it had a station of the Great Northern Railway.

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