Fertile, Minnesota
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Fertile is a city in Polk County, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the 'Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 893 at the 2000 census.
[edit] Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 km² (1.9 mi²), all land. It is located along the Sandhill River.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there were 893 people, 396 households, and 220 families residing in the city. The population density was 182.4/km² (471.9/mi²). There were 433 housing units at an average density of 88.5/km² (228.8/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.20% White, 0.56% Native American, 0.34% Asian, 0.56% from other races, and 1.34% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.34% of the population.
[edit] History
The city was originally built along the Sandhill River for a mill. There was a brick making factory at the edge of the city that ran for many years and supplied building materials for the growing town. In recent years the community built a beautiful 9 hole golf course that runs along the Sandhill River across the road from the old brick making factory. It is a very unique golf course with hole number 4 teeing off over a cliff that drops down over 100 feet to a lush green fairway splitting a deep forest.
The city was also a center of agriculture and farmers brought their crops to the elevator for shipment around the state.
There were 396 households out of which 21.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 45.7% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 44.2% were non-families. 42.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 29.3% 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 2.87.
In the city the population was spread out with 20.3% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 20.9% from 25 to 44, 16.1% from 45 to 64, and 37.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 49 years. For every 100 females there were 79.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 72.8 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $23,021, and the median income for a family was $30,192. Males had a median income of $27,344 versus $20,341 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,866. About 11.1% of families and 17.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 35.4% of those under age 18 and 9.0% of those age 65 or over.
