Guide to Delavan Minnesota

Delavan (city)

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2000-2010 Change

Actual

Percent

Population

281

262

245

223

179

-44

-19.73

Land Area (sq. mile)

0.00

1.03

1.06

0.00

Density (persons per sq. mile)

254.37

231.13

209.91

168.87

-41.04

-19.55

Housing Units

109

122

118

108

104

-4

-3.84

Households

113

102

100

-14

-14.00

Persons Per Household

2.32

2.40

2.23

2.08

-0.15

-6.73

Delavan is a city in Faribault County, Minnesota. Minnesota State Highway 109 and County Highway 13 are two of the main routes in the community. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.06 square miles (2.75 km²), all of it land. The elevation is 1,063 ft (324 m).

As of the census of 2010, there were 179 people, 86 households, and 54 families residing in the city. The population density was 168.9 inhabitants per square mile (65.2 /km2). There were 104 housing units at an average density of 98.1 per square mile (37.9 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 96.6% White, 0.6% from other races, and 2.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.1% of the population.

There were 86 households of which 22.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.7% were married couples living together, 10.5% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.2% were non-families. 31.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.08 and the average family size was 2.56.

The median age in the city was 53.1 years. 19.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 6.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.8% were from 25 to 44; 32.4% were from 45 to 64; and 25.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.5% male and 47.5% female.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

DELAVAN, settled in May 1856, organized October 20, 1858, was at first named Guthrie in honor of Sterrit Guthrie, one of the pioneer settlers. On May 1, 1872, the name was changed to Delavan to agree with that of the railway village, which had been platted October 11, 1870, in section 36. The proprietors of the village were Henry W. Holley, chief engineer of the Southern Minnesota Railroad, and Oren Delavan Brown, in whose honor the village name was suggested by Mrs. Holley. He was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., in 1837; came to Minnesota in 1856 with his father, Orville Brown, a prominent newspaper editor; was an engineer on the surveys for the Southern Minnesota Railroad, 1865-75, and later for the St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad; afterward resided in Luverne, Minn. The first passenger train arrived there December 19, 1870. The village was incorporated February 7, 1877, and separated from the township on May 9, 1917; the post office began as Delavan Station in 1870, shortening the name in 1885.

Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society

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Bevcomm 105 N Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3221
Central Farm Services 208 S Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3207 Web: www.cfscoop.com
Cory's Engines & Parts 20947 415th Avenue Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3470
Delavan City Hall 100 S Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3085
Delavan Public Library 100 S Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone:
Johnny M's Tavern 100 S Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3633
Mel's Woodworking 206 N Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3272
Rice Creek Farm Services 112 S Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3488
Stauffer's Stop N Go 105 N Main Street Delavan, MN 56023 Phone: (507) 854-3447

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